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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nina Lloyd

UK and France carry out strike on Syrian underground site ‘used by IS’

RAF Typhoon aircraft took part in a joint strike (Sgt Lee Goddard/MoD Crown copyright/PA) - (PA Media)

RAF Typhoons and French aircraft have carried out a joint strike on an underground facility in Syria which had been occupied by the so-called Islamic State, the Ministry of Defence has said.

Guided bombs were used to target a number of access tunnels down to the site, located in the mountains north of the ancient city of Palmyra in the centre of the country, on Saturday evening.

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