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Fashloom فشلوم | |
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 Fashloom amora mosque | |
 Interactive map of Fashloom | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
TheFashloom district is a suburb ofTripoli, Libya. It lies inland to the south of the suburb ofZawiyat al-Dahmani, and southeast of theMartyrs' Square. It is one of the more impoverished districts of the city.
On 22 February 2011, during theLibyan Civil War, there were reports that it had been cordoned off by Libyan security forces.[1] 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 foranti-Gaddafi forces and stated, "We are demonstrating yet again after we sacrificed hundreds of martyrs."[2]
At the beginning ofBattle of Tripoli, Al-Jazeera reported that Fashloom was under the opposition control.[3]
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