A joint, targeted attack by warplanes from the UK and France on Saturday hit an underground arms cache in Syria used by the Islamic State group (IS).
A joint, targeted attack by warplanes from the UK and France on Saturday hit an underground arms cache in Syria used by the Islamic State terrorist group (IS).
The BBC reports “careful” intelligence analysis led officials to believe the jihadist facility was storing weaponry and explosives, a statement by the UK Ministry of Defence confirmed, adding the arms dump was in mountains just north of Palmyra, an ancient site in central Syria.
“Our aircraft used Paveway IV guided bombs to target a number of access tunnels down to the facility… initial indications are that the target was engaged successfully,” the MoD said.
