WTF happened in Syria? Why did we replace a westernised tyrant with an Al Qaeda mass-murderer?
At a graduation ceremony for new Syrian army officers at the Damascus Citadel, officers chant:
“We’re coming for you, Jew, we’re coming.
We’re coming like a mountain of fire.
We’ll turn your body into ammunition
and make rivers of your blood.”This is happening as Ahmed… pic.twitter.com/Gt5eqcEcSW
— Greco-Levantines World Wide (@GrecoLevantines) August 17, 2026
Syrian Soldiers Chant ‘I Am Coming for You, Jew’
Ahmad al-Sharaa continues his charade of being a “moderate” who is ready “to make peace with Israel.” But he is no moderate.
His soldiers have massacred Alawites in Latakia, Druze in Suweida governorate, and Christians throughout the country, but especially in Aleppo and Damascus.
And now Syrian Arab Army soldiers have been chanting their genocidal threats against not just Israelis, but against all Jews. More on their genocidal chants can be found here: “Syrian army soldiers filmed chanting death threats against Jews in Damascus,” by Danielle Greyman-Kennard, Jerusalem Post, August 17, 2026:
“I am coming for you Jew…I will make your blood flow in rivers,” soldiers from the Syrian Arab Army chanted outside the historic Damascus Citadel on Saturday, according to Arab media reports and footage published on Sunday.
The soldiers stood in formation while chanting “Allahu akhbar” [sic] and “I will sacrifice my body” in protest of the situation in Gaza, according to the Arabic channel Al Araby TV.
The demonstration notably came after Israel rejected the 15-point plan for the Gaza Strip proposed by the Board of Peace, demanding Hamas first be disarmed.
Public statements and chants from security officials against Israel have intermittently circulated online since Ahmed al-Sharaa seized control of Syria in 2024. In December, footage showed members of the 60th Division threatening Israel….
It’s unclear if the Syrians really did thwart an attack on a rabbi or made up the whole story as part of Al-Sharaa’s effort to mislead the West into believing his regime was genuinely moderate. As for hotels offering kosher menus, and well-publicized discussions to return property in Syria to their rightful Jewish owners, these are part of the campaign to prove Syrian goodwill in an attempt to gain favor in Washington, and possibly a lifting of all remaining sanctions, and encouraging American investment, so badly-needed, in the country.
The National reported in June that Damascus was still investing heavily in expanding its military, with plans to double its forces to 200,000 personnel. The force would include foreign fighters and members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and other radical groups, some of whom would reportedly be offered citizenship in exchange for their service.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is the group that Ahmed al-Sharaa led during the civil war, and that was the main armed force that overturned the regime of Bashar Assad. These are Sunni Arab jihadists, determined to suppress all of the country’s non-Sunni, non-Arab, and non-Muslim minorities — the Alawites (who belong to a branch of Shi’a Islam), the Druze and Kurds, and the Christians. All of these minorities have been attacked since HTS took power in December 2024.
Why is the Syrian regime intent on doubling the size of its army to 200,000 men? It no longer faces an internal threat; the civil war is over. Nor do any of its Muslim neighbors threaten it. Surely this massive effort is meant to build up an army capable of threatening Israel’s north, in order not just to take back the Golan Heights that Israel won in the Six-Day War, but to be able to thrust deeper into Israel and seize still more Israeli territory in the Galilee.
Dr. Zoe Levornik, a security researcher at the Alma Research and Education Center, described the video as “concerning,” likening it to other videos where chants of “Khaybar, Khaybar, O Jews,” alongside Salafi-jihadist messages were documented….
