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Zawiyat al-Dahmani is a suburb of
Tripoli
Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to:
Cities and other geographic units Greece
*Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece
* Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece
* Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...
,
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
. 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 massacre at Shar al-Shatt
The Battle and massacre at Shar al-Shatt ( ''Shār’ ash-Shaṭ''; ''Sciara Sciat'' in Italian language, Italian) occurred on 23 October 1911 in the village of Shar al-Shatt on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. 378 I ...
during the
Italo-Turkish War
The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War ( tr, Trablusgarp Savaşı, "Tripolitanian War", it, Guerra di Libia, "War of Libya") was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire from 29 September 1911, to 18 October 1912. As a result o ...
.
As of 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.
At the beginning of the
Battle of Tripoli, Al Jazeera reported that Zawiyat al-Dahmani was under the opposition control.
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Neighborhoods of Tripoli
