TRIPOLI, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Clashes between security forces in Libya's western city Sabratha on Sunday killed two people, according to a security source.
"Clashes erupted between anti-IS operation chamber and members of the city's military council and killed two people," a security source of Sabratha told Xinhua.
"The clashes broke out at dawn on Friday using light and medium weapons after a member of the city's military council was killed by the anti-IS operation chamber," the source added.
The source also said the clashes ceased currently, while city elders intervened and mediated between the fighting parties.
Sabratha's anti-IS operation chamber was formed in 2016, and is allied with the Tripoli-based UN-backed government of national accord.
The military council opposes the chamber and accuses its members of being loyal to the rival eastern-based General Haftar's army.
Libya remains politically divided despite signing a UN-sponsored peace deal and the appointment of a unity government. Since the 2011 uprising that toppled former leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime, the north African country is plagued with escalating violence and unrest.
