Britain’s Ministry of Defence said Royal Air Force (RAF) jets, operating alongside French forces, carried out airstrikes on Saturday night against an underground facility in Syria believed to have been used by the Islamic State (IS) group to store weapons.
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In a statement, the ministry said the operation successfully struck a site previously occupied by IS, also known as Daesh. The underground facility was thought to have been used for the storage of weapons and explosives.
Officials emphasized that the target was located in an uninhabited area north of the ancient city of Palmyra and that there was no indication the strikes posed any risk to civilians.
Although IS lost territorial control in Syria in 2019, the group continues to carry out insurgent activities, particularly in remote desert regions of the country.
The operation comes amid heightened regional tensions following an incident last month in which a lone IS attacker in Palmyra killed two US soldiers and an American civilian. The United States subsequently said it conducted retaliatory strikes against dozens of IS targets across Syria.
