TRIPOLI, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The Benghazi Defense Brigades (BDB) armed group in Libya announced on Friday that it is ready to disband to save the country from "an international war."
"We announced our willingness to disband the Benghazi Defense Brigades, so that the crisis of the Libyans will not worsen," BDB said in a statement.
"We refer the future of the group to the competent authorities of the state, whether to disband it or to integrate the members of the group into the legitimate military establishment," it added.
BDB is a coalition of smaller militant groups formed in June 2016 to fight against the army led by Gen. Khalifa Haftar in the eastern city of Benghazi.
The group has accused Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and France of plotting against the Libyan revolution and assisting Haftar.
Last month, BDB launched an attack on a southern military air base controlled by Haftar's forces, killing 140 soldiers.
Haftar's forces have been engaged in a fierce war against militant groups in Benghazi for more than three years. Haftar calls the war "Operation Dignity."
