January 4, 2026 9:46 PM

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Britain and France carry out joint airstrike in central Syria on IS underground facility

Britain and France carried out a joint airstrike in central Syria last evening on an underground facility where members of the Islamic State group were suspected to have stored weapons and explosives.

In a statement, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said that guided bombs were used to target a number of access tunnels down to the structure in the mountains just north of the historic town of Palmyra. The two countries are part of the U.S.-led coalition that has been fighting IS militants for more than a decade.