Sha'alan

Sha'alan (Arabic: الشعلان) is a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria.

The neighborhood is named after Nuri Al Shaalan, the chieftain of Ruwallah tribe who bought Yasin al-Hashimi's house in the region in 1920s, and built a mosque there.

[1] When the Abu Nidal Organization moved its operations into Syria in the 1980s, it established its head office in Sha'alan.

Weapons were hidden in the intelligence directorate offices, under floors and in walls.

The facility included CCTV equipment to monitor area streets.