The US military carried out an air strike against a senior al-Shebab militants in Somalia and is still reviewing the results of the operation, the Pentagon said Friday.

The US military carried out an air strike against a senior al-Shebab militants in Somalia and is still reviewing the results of the operation, the Pentagon said Friday.

The operation, which did not involve US troops on the ground, focused on "a high-value target" in Shebab, spokesman Colonel Steven Warren told reporters.

An armed drone carried out the strike, a US defense official told AFP.