It seems like it is proceeding like the Iran - Iraq War.
It was a bloody stalemate in which we backed the losing side, Iraq. Although estimates vary widely, there were a few hundred thousand dead in that one. It was mainly an infantry war, although Iran seems to have had the better air force.
Eventually Saddam turned against us, although perhaps he thought he was entitled to Kuwait for services rendered.
Iraq won. Arguably. The Iranian armies were collapsing by 1988. Iraq got its original territories and a defensible line back. Iran had to abandon their offensive ambitions vs Iraq.
Iraqs original war aims, however, were foiled. They did not get Khuzestan.