title: Qasr bin Ghashir
text: # Qasr bin Ghashir
  
  Qaser Ben Ghashir (Arabic: قصر بن غشير) is a town in the Tripoli District, of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya. It is located about 20 km south of central Tripoli. The Tripoli International Airport is located close by.
  
  ## 2011 Libyan civil war
  
  In the 2011 Libyan civil war, the town was a loyalist pro-Gaddafi camp which included a prisoners of war camp. On 27 August 2011, however, rebel forces, having captured the surrounding area in the battle of Tripoli, captured the village.
  
  