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As Ibrahim Kalin arrived at the historic Umayyad Mosque in Damascus to offer prayers, memories were revived of the expanding Ottoman Empire in the early part of the 16th century.... Israeli troops have also taken over the Quneitra crossing further south. Apart from its land grab, Israel’s air force has carried out some 450 bombing runs over Syria and claims to have destroyed the entire Syrian air force, navy, missile forces, chemical weapons, and defence production facilities.... Syria’s elect