Been like that for 5 years dude ..think about it
In fact
Lets look at morale shall we
One side cannot even arm all its native volunteers
The other relies on foriegn militas from iran,iraq ,afghan and russian sfs as well as conscription to sustain it
And STILL most of its troops drop weapons and run at first sign of pressure.... most now almost totaly reliant on mass foriegn airpower to make gains
One side has almost collapsed and had to be rescued by an escalation or intervention of outside forces 3 times
The other has has areas totaly reliant on weapons siezed or diy ones and survived mass starvation sieges ,chem weapons and other illegal nasties for years
One side has virtualy unlimited weaponry,total air domination, has foriegners doing almost half the actual fighting for it at this stage yet still loses and cant solve its manpower issues.
The other has created a now impressive homemade weapons industry from scratch to keep fighting in places !