Zawiyat al-Dahmani

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 [massacre at Shar al-Shatt] during the Italo-Turkish War.
As of 22 February 2011, during the 2011 Libyan [Civil War|Libyan Civil War], there were reports that it had been cordoned off by Libyan security forces. At the beginning of the Tripoli (2011)|Battle of Tripoli], Al Jazeera reported that Zawiyat al-Dahmani was under the opposition control.