The Fashloom district is a suburb of
Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli (; ar, طرابلس الغرب, translit= Ṭarābulus al-Gharb , translation=Western Tripoli) is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.1 million people in 2019. It is located in the northwest of Libya o ...
. It lies inland to the south of the suburb of
Zawiyat al-Dahmani
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Zawiyat al-Dahmani is a suburb of Tripoli, Libya. It lies between the coast to the north, and the suburb of Fashloom to the south. In the past, in this place there was a village called Shar al-Shatt, in which took place the Battle and massa ...
, and southeast of the
Martyrs' Square. It is one of the more impoverished districts of the city.
On 22 February 2011, during the
Libyan Civil War
Demographics of Libya is the demography of Libya, specifically covering population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, and religious affiliations, as well as other aspects of the Libyan population. The ...
, there were reports that it had been cordoned off by Libyan security forces.
An anti-Gaddafi street protest took place in Fashloom on 7 April. Participants' faces were hidden with scarves and they held anti-Gaddafi banners. A protester read out a statement of support for
anti-Gaddafi forces
The anti-Gaddafi forces were Libyan groups that opposed and militarily defeated the government of Muammar Gaddafi, killing him in the process. These opposition forces included organized and armed militia groups, participants in the Libyan Civi ...
and stated, "We are demonstrating yet again after we sacrificed hundreds of martyrs."
At the beginning of
Battle of Tripoli, Al-Jazeera reported that Fashloom was under the opposition control.
References
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Neighborhoods of Tripoli, Libya