UK, France carry out joint strike on ISIL target near Syria’s Palmyra
Al Jazeera
The UK’s Ministry of Defence says an underground facility likely storing ISIL weapons was the target of the attack.
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has said its aircraft joined France in striking an underground facility in Syria that had likely been used by the ISIL (ISIS) group to store weapons, as the group appears to be resurgent after a period of relative dormancy in the region.
“Royal Air Force aircraft have completed successful strikes against Daesh in a joint operation with France,” the ministry said of the Saturday night attack in a statement, using the Arabic acronym for ISIL.
The statement said the area, north of the ancient site of Palmyra, was “devoid of any civilian habitation”.
The United States military in late December said it had killed or captured about 25 ISIL fighters in a wave of attacks over nine days in Syria.
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