The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for a deadly car bombing that hit outside a mosque in Yemen's capital, as coalition warplanes bombarded the southern city of Aden.

Saturday's explosion in Sanaa killed at least two people and wounded 16 others, medical officials told the Agence France Presse news agency.

It happened outside the Kobbat al-Mehdi mosque as Shia Muslims emerged from midday prayers, witnesses and security sources said.

The blast, which comes as Muslims observe the fasting month of Ramadan, damaged the entrance of the mosque and shattered the windows of a nearby house.

SITE Intelligence Group said ISIL claimed the attack, the latest in a series that has targeted Sanaa, which the Houthi rebels seized in September.

Al Jazeera