Damascus has been intent for years upon establishing significant military strength to serve as a counterweight to Israel's overwhelming capabilities.
1	Damascus	Damascus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	4:nsubj	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	4:aux	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	4:cop	_
4	intent	intent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	0:root	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	6:case	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	4:obl:for	_
7	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	8:mark	_
8	establishing	establish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	advcl	4:advcl:upon	_
9	significant	significant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	11:amod	_
10	military	military	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	11:amod	_
11	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	8:obj	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	13:mark	_
13	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	11:acl:to	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	16:case	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	16:det	_
16	counterweight	counterweight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	13:obl:as	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	21:case	_
18-19	Israel's	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	21:nmod:poss	_
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	18:case	_
20	overwhelming	overwhelming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	21:amod	_
21	capabilities	capability	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	16:nmod:to	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
