Libya’s Benghazi-based extremist group known as Ansar Al-Sharia announced on Saturday that was officially dissolving.
Ansar Al-Sharia has been accused by U.S of carrying out the heinous 2012 Benghazi attack on the U.S. consulate that killed the ambassador, Christopher Stevens.
Armed forces of General Khalifa Haftar three years on have been battling the insurgents 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 read.
General Khalifa Haftar’s forces have managed to take control of most of Benghazi, except for two areas where the remaining militants are stationed.
