According to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), US and Syrian forces identified and destroyed these storage facilities in the Rif Damashq province through multiple airstrikes and underground explosions, conducted from November 24 to 27.
The joint operation destroyed more than 130 artillery shells and rockets, many attack guns, machine guns, anti-tank mines and materials used to make homemade explosive devices (IEDs) - CENTCOM's announcement stated.
Meanwhile, Admiral Brad Cooper - CENTCOM Commander - said that this campaign "guarantees that the achievements in the fight against IS can be maintained in the long term".
On November 10, US President Donald Trump pledged to do everything possible to stabilize Syria after meeting with interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
For his part, one of Mr. Sharaa's main goals when meeting Mr. Trump was to promote the complete lifting of the most severe US sanctions against Syria.
During the meeting, the US Treasury Department announced a 180-day extension of the temporary suspension of some provisions of the Caesar sanctions law, but a complete lifting could only be decided by the US Congress.
IS - an armed group that imposed harsh Islamic rule on millions of people in Syria and Iraq - was largely defeated by the US-led militia a few years ago, but is still seeking to recover and gather forces.
The Syrian government has announced a nationwide search operation to eliminate the root cause of IS, ahead of the talks in Washington.
