Libya’s Benghazi-based extremist group known as Ansar Al-Sharia on Saturday announced that it was officially dissolving.
The group is accused by Washington of carrying out the 2012 Benghazi attack on the U.S. consulate that killed the ambassador Christopher Stevens.
Armed forces of General Khalifa Haftar has launched a military campaign three years ago on militant groups in Benghazi, including Ansar Al-Sharia.
In its Saturday online statement, the group called on other armed groups to unite. “Thus, we have given way to the other honest sons of this nation to carry the message after us,” the statement added.
The group said that its leadership had been wiped out while fighting the Libya National Army and most of its members are thought to have defected to the Islamic State group.
Haftar’s forces take control of most of Benghazi, except for two areas where the remaining militants are stationed.
