"The strike occurred in a remote area near Galmudug, Somalia which is approximately 510 km northeast of Mogadishu. The initial assessment is the strike killed 7 al-Shabaab fighters," the statement read.
The strike was carried out on February 21 at the request of the government of Somalia, it added.
US military assesses that no civilians were injured or killed.
Al-Shabaab is linked to the al-Qaeda* terrorist group. The former has long engaged in an insurgency campaign against the Somalian federal government and staged numerous terror attacks.
*Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda are terrorist organizations outlawed in Russia and many other countries.