British and French war planes have bombed an underground facility in Syria that was used by Isis militants to store weapons, the UK Ministry of Defence has said.
The strikes on Saturday evening hit the site, thought to be used by Isis militants to store weapons and explosives, in a mountainous area north of the Syrian city of Palmyra, according to a statement from the UK government. French jets joined the strikes by RAF Typhoon FGR4s.
“This action shows our . . . determination to stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies, to stamp out any resurgence of Daesh and their dangerous and violent ideologies in the Middle East,” said UK defence secretary John Healey.