Syrian Solder Wears ISIS Patch and Speaks of "Purifying Syria"

 Here are some more observations from our long-time reader, Tom.

Here is the link;  Syrian Soldier with ISIS Patch: “Purify” Druze City Sweida | MEMRI

On July 16, 2025, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) published on its Facebook page a video showing a Syrian soldier wearing an ISIS patch on his body armor. In the video, the soldier said that the Ansar Al‑Tawhid Brigades of the Syrian 82nd Division were preparing to enter the Druze city of Sweida in order to "purify it" from what he called the "filth" of Druze leader Hikmat Al‑Hijri and his followers.

Syrian Soldier: "In the name of Allah, the Merciful, and Compassionate, prayers and salutations upon our Prophet and Muhammad. Right now, the Ansar Al-Tawhid Brigades of the 82nd Division are preparing to enter the city of Sweid, in order to purify it from the filth of [Druze leader Hikmat] Al-Hiiri and his followers. Oh Allah, give us success."

Below is Tom's commentary;

In this video a Syrian soldier, aligned with the 82nd Division and wearing an ISIS patch, declared on video the intent to enter the Druze city of Sweida to purify it of filth. He named the Druze leader Hikmat Al Hijri and his followers as targets. He invoked the name of Allah and made a religious appeal for success. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this footage on July 16, 2025.

The use of the word filth is theological. In jihadist frameworks, the term is not metaphor. It is a legal and spiritual designation that permits removal, punishment, or extermination. Terms like impurity, unbeliever, and apostate form a system. The one who does not submit is treated as a contaminant. Druze, Christians, and other minorities are categorized this way in both classical and modern takfiri systems.

The invocation of purification follows a pattern. It is ritualized violence framed as divine duty. To enter a city and purify it from filth is to kill or drive out those who do not conform to a strict legal-religious model. It is not political. It is eschatological.

The presence of an ISIS patch on a Syrian soldier implies one of two things. Either state actors are now integrating extremist theology into official military doctrine, or the lines between the state and militant actors have dissolved. In both cases, the result is the same. Religious cleansing is now militarized.

This rhetoric mirrors the logic of the Beast system in Revelation. Those who do not receive the mark are excluded. Those who do not conform are labeled as unclean. The system defines allegiance and then kills dissent. The language of filth is the precursor to slaughter.

The men who speak this way drink from a cup they do not understand. They have no covering. Without the blood of Jesus, there is no mercy. Only wrath. The Lamb they mock is the one who judges them.