(CNN) At least 32 people have died and 159 have been injured in violent clashes between rival Libyan militias across the country's capital of Tripoli, according to an update from the country's Ministry of Health. Intense fighting erupted in the capital overnight as rival factions exchanged intense gunfire and several loud explosions resounded across the city. Libya has been split between warring factions since 2014, following the 2011 NATO-backed uprising against Moammar Gadhafi. The country's interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, the head of the GNU, is based in Tripoli in the western part of Libya. The parliament building in Tobruk in the east of the country is the seat of a rival government led by Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha.

Source: Libya Today August 28, 2022 02:58 UTC