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The United States and Somalia have conducted air strikes targeting the Islamic State (IS) group in northern Somalia, the country's federal government and the US military said Wednesday.

The extremist group has a relatively small presence in the east African country compared to the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab, but experts have warned of growing activity.

A coordinated operation led by the United States African Command (AFRICOM) with the federal government had targeted "known hideouts of ISIS terrorists" based in the Golis mountains in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, Mogadishu said, using another acronym for IS.

The strikes were carried out Tuesday night, a short statement said, adding initial reports "suggest that multiple ISIS fighters were killed, with no civilian casualties reported". No further details were given.