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France and UK strike suspected IS arms site near Palmyra in Syria

A French Rafale fighter plane. French military confirmed Sunday it had carried out joint strikes with the UK against Islamic State positions in Syria. Reuters

The United Kingdom says it joined France in overnight air strikes on an underground facility near Palmyra in Syria that is believed to have been used by the Islamic State (IS) armed group to store weapons.

The British Ministry of Defence said it had cooperated with France on Saturday night to strike an underground facility in Syria that had likely been used by the Islamic State group to store weapons.

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