The US military carried out an air strike Saturday against the Islamic State (IS) group in the Puntland region of Somalia, killing several IS operatives, Africa Command said.
In a statement, the European-based command said the latest raid was conducted in coordination with the Somali government and hit "multiple ISIS-Somalia targets."
The IS group's Somalia operation is relatively small compared to the Al Qaeda-linked militants Al-Shabaab, but it has been gaining strength in semi-autonomous Puntland.
"The airstrike occurred southeast of Bosasso, Puntland, in Northeastern Somalia," the AFRICOM statement said.
"AFRICOM's initial assessment is that multiple ISIS-Somalia operatives were killed and no civilians were harmed," it said.
The latest strike follows a similar operation two days earlier that AFRICOM said complemented "a larger counter-terrorism initiative" under way in Somalia.
And it follows US strikes in February, which Puntland authorities said had killed "key figures" in IS, without giving further details.
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