It happened almost overnight. The world’s perception of Abu Mohammad al-Julani changed from that of a wanted terrorist to the respected president of Syria. A year ago, the United States had a ten million dollar bounty on his head; it regarded him as one of most dangerous terrorists in the world. Now it recognizes him as the president of a legitimate Syrian government.
The fawning of world governments over this desperado, who now wears a suit, is proving misguided although few, if any, recognize their error. Julani is still the same murderous thug who led a lengthy and bloody revolt that ended late last year with him as the new leader of Syria.
According a Reuters news report from June 30, 2025, Julani’s forces “massacred 1,500 Alawites,” which is an ethnic group that lives along the Mediterranean Coast of Syria. The Syrian government is also behind the recent mass killings of the Druze, another ethnic and religious group within its borders.
Julani’s to massacre of the Druze people led to recent Israeli attacks against his forces. Israel’s defense of this people group included the bombing of government buildings in Damascus. Amir Tsarfati reported on his telegram page that in an attempt to avoid the airstrikes by the IDF, the Syrian forces disguised themselves as Bedouins in an attempt to continue their murderous assault apart from the detection of the Israeli armed forces.
The Syrian government’s massacre of innocents has extended beyond Arab ethnic groups. As reported by Amir Tsarfati on Telegram, Syrian “Jihadists killed Pastor Khaled Mzher, shepherd of the (Good Shepherd Evangelical) church, along with all his family members, siblings, their children, his father, and his mother (20 bodies) in the city Syrian of As Suwayda.”
THE PROPHECY OF DAMASCUS’ DESTRUCTION
Although the mainstream media ignores the horrific massacres ordered from Damascus, we know that God sees all the bloodshed as well as the overwhelming grief of those dealing with the murder of their loved ones.
Do the accounts of the killing of innocents in Syria point to the nearness of Isaiah’s prophecy concerning the destruction of Damascus?
An oracle concerning Damascus.
Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city
and will become a heap of ruins. (Isaiah 17:1).
The capital city of Syria has never suffered such a fate since the time Isaiah recorded these words about 2,700 years ago; it has remained a viable inhabited city ever since the days of the prophet. As the horrific bloodshed instigated by the Syrian government continues, is it possible that we are nearing the day when the Lord will reduce Damascus, the Syrian capital, to “a heap of ruins?” I think so.
The picture in Isaiah 17:1 of Damascus reduced to rubble reminds me of pictures from Gaza after Israeli bombs left large sections of its cities in shambles. This has already happen to parts of Damascus as the result of Israeli bombing, but the city as a whole remains intact. At least for now.
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