Houthi fighters were on Sunday the target of three separate attacks in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the eastern province of Maarib and the central province of Al-Bayda’.

Houthi fighters were on Sunday the target of three separate attacks in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the eastern province of Maarib and the central province of Al-Bayda'.

Ansar Al-Sharia claimed responsibility for two of the attacks.

It said in a message on Twitter that it had killed six Houthis and injured scores of others in these attacks.

The group said it had killed the six Houthis in the central province of Al-Bayda'.

It added that it had ambushed a car carrying six Houthis who were on their way to Rada'a, the provincial capital of Al-Bayda'.

Local residents, meanwhile, said the six victims belonged to a family loyal to Houthis.

They added that the attackers had also burned down the car after killing all passengers inside.

Earlier in the day, two people were injured when a roadside explosive charge went off near a Houthi checkpoint in northern Sanaa, media outlets reported.

"The charge went off as a car passed, leaving two passengers injured," said one witness, noting that the two victims were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Ansar Al-Sharia claimed responsibility earlier in the day for a car bombing, targeting Houthi militants in Majzar, a district of the eastern Maarib province.

The group said in a Twitter message that it had carried out a car bombing that had left several Houthis dead and injured.

A week ago, Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi – faced with massive pro-Houthi demonstrations that paralyzed the capital – signed a deal with the Houthi leadership aimed at ending the weeks-long political standoff.

The deal calls for the formation of a new government; the appointment of a nonpartisan prime minister; and the appointment of two Houthi advisers to the president.