His powers are entirely based around the weather. For example, he can only control a lightning bolt if it was formed from 'natural' means, as in from a thunderstorm. The same can be said for the other elements- Air can only be manipulated in the form of wind; no fancy air constructs here. I'll edit this all in later tonight. 

In a major shift in relations with both other Arab states and the Western world, Syria participated in the US-led Gulf War against Saddam Hussein. Syria participated in the multilateral Madrid Conference of 1991, and during the 1990s engaged in negotiations with Israel. These negotiations failed, and there have been no further direct Syrian-Israeli talks since President Hafez al-Assad's meeting with then President Bill Clinton in Geneva in March 2000.[69]

Grabbed that from Wikipedia. The first time I read that I must have done so wrongly. More editing to do.

Ah. Alright. I was assuming superpowers were genetic. Ill bump the number up significantly, without getting into specific numbering.

Alright. I can definitely work with that.