UK confirms joint airstrike targeting suspected ISIS weapons facility in Syria

British and French warplanes struck an underground installation believed to person been utilized by Islamic State militants to shop weapons and explosives, nan U.K. Ministry of Defence confirmed Sunday.

The onslaught took spot Saturday evening successful a mountainous region northbound of Palmyra, successful Syria’s Homs province.

In a statement, nan Ministry of Defence said Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 fighter jets, supported by a Voyager refueling tanker, operated pinch French craft to onslaught entree tunnels starring to nan underground site.

Paveway IV precision-guided bombs were besides utilized successful nan operation. 

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Royal Air Force Typhoon craft preparing for take-off for Syria strike. (UK Ministry of Defence)

An appraisal was ongoing, but first indications suggested that nan target was successfully hit, nan ministry said.

Britain and France are partners successful nan U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, which was formed to combat nan extremist group aft it had antecedently seized ample areas of Iraq and Syria. 

U.K. Secretary of State for Defence Sir John Healey said nan onslaught showed Britain’s determination to forestall immoderate resurgence of Islamic State and to guidelines "shoulder to enarthrosis pinch our allies" against extremist unit successful nan Middle East.

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Night changeable of a Royal Air Force Typhoon. (UK Ministry of Defence)

The cognition came amid continued U.S. subject activity successful Syria, wherever American forces person conducted counterterrorism missions successful nan country.

In December, nan Trump management besides ordered large-scale U.S. strikes crossed cardinal Syria.

This was successful retaliation for an ambush adjacent Palmyra that killed 2 U.S. troops and an American civilian interpreter.

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Military forces reportedly conducted strikes successful Syria connected ISIS targets, amid President Donald Trump's vow of revenge connected nan panic group for nan deaths of 2 U.S. soldiers successful nan state past week.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

As antecedently reported by Fox News Digital, according to U.S. Central Command, ISIS remains an active and persistent threat contempt sustained unit from conjugation forces.

CENTCOM said caller U.S. operations successful nan region person besides targeted infrastructure and weapons sites crossed cardinal Syria.

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"We will not relent," Adm. Brad Cooper, commandant of CENTCOM, said successful a connection connected Dec. 30.

"We are patient successful committedness to moving pinch location partners to guidelines retired nan ISIS threat posed to U.S. and location security."

Fox News Digital has reached retired to nan U.K. Ministry of Defence for comment.