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Britain's and France's aerial forces conducted a associated cognition connected Saturday (January 3, 2026) evening to weaponry a suspected underground arms cache antecedently utilized by the Islamic State radical successful Syria, Britain's defence ministry said.
Western craft person been conducting patrols to halt a resurgence of the Islamist militant radical that ruled parts of Syria until 2019. Intelligence investigation identified an underground installation believed to beryllium utilized to store weapons and explosives in mountains northbound of Palmyra, Britain said.
"Our craft utilized Paveway IV guided bombs to people a fig of entree tunnels down to the facility; whilst elaborate appraisal is present underway, archetypal indications are that the people was engaged successfully," Britain's defence ministry said successful a statement.
Britain said the country was "devoid of immoderate civilian habitation" earlier the onslaught and that each its craft had returned safely.
"This enactment shows our U.K. leadership, and determination to basal enarthrosis to enarthrosis with our allies, to stamp retired immoderate resurgence of Daesh and their unsafe and convulsive ideologies successful the Middle East," British Defence Secretary John Healey said, referring to Islamic State by an alternate name.
Britain said it utilized Typhoon FGR4 combat jets to weaponry the target, supported by a Voyager refuelling tanker.
