British and French warplanes strike suspected IS weapons facility in Syria

British and French warplanes carried out joint airstrikes in central Syria on a suspected underground facility that officials say was used to store weapons and explosives. The target was in the mountains just north of Palmyra, in Syria’s Homs province. The UK said it used Typhoon fighter jets supported by a Voyager refuelling tanker, and dropped guided bombs aimed at the facility’s access tunnels. British officials added that the area had no nearby civilians, and early indications suggested the target was hit successfully. Britain and France are part of a US-led coalition that has fought Islamic State for more than a decade. The article notes that while the group was defeated territorially in 2019, it still has cells capable of launching attacks, and recent US strikes in the area were linked to an earlier ambush near Palmyra.