Joint Anglo-French Aerial Assault Targets Daesh Munitions Store in the Syrian region

Royal Air Force Typhoon jets have conducted a mission with French warplanes in a combined operation against an hidden munitions depot in Syrian territory used by the IS group, according to the British defence ministry.

The site, located using surveillance, was assessed as housing weapons and explosive materials, the release indicated, and was positioned in mountainous terrain just to the north of Palmyra in Syria's central region.

"Our fighter planes employed Paveway IV guided bombs to target a number of approach shafts leading to the facility... preliminary assessments are that the target was engaged successfully," officials stated.

There was no indication of any harm to civilians in the operation late on Saturday and all the aircraft returned safely, the MoD added.

The British jets were assisted by a Voyager refuelling tanker.

IS - referred to as ISIS - enforced jihadist rule over large swathes of Syria and Iraq prior to its 2019 collapse.

"This action shows British leadership, and commitment to operate in unison with our allies, to eliminate any resurgence of Daesh and their harmful and extremist ideologies in the area," Britain's Defence Chief the Defence Secretary remarked.

UK warplanes have performed surveillance missions over Syrian airspace to "deter any efforts to regroup" of the group after its defeat at the Baghuz confrontation in 2019, the authorities noted.

"I extend gratitude to the personnel of our armed forces involved in this mission for their professionalism and their valour," the Defence Secretary added. "They were among thousands of British troops stationed over the festive period. This action, to take out terrorist threats who threaten our safety, shows how our armed forces are prepared to act, continuously, protecting the UK within its borders and powerful internationally."

In December, the US military carried out what it called a "large-scale strike" against IS targets in the country, subsequent to an attack resulted in the deaths of two American soldiers and a local interpreter in Palmyra.

The U.N. estimates Islamic State still has an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria.