The consignment of humanitarian aid includes 400 relief tents, 4,000 blankets, 400 oil heaters and 30 tons of rice among many other items, Morteza Salimi said on Saturday.

The Iranian official also announced that in addition to this aid cargo, five tons of medicine were sent to the embattled city of Aleppo, adding that to expedite and coordinate the delivery of the shipment to civilians, the cargo has been given to the Syrian government.

He further emphasized that the IRCS is ready to send more humanitarian shipments to Syria after coordinating with the Arab country’s officials.

Earlier on December 2, Salimi said Iran had dispatched its third consignment of humanitarian aid to Aleppo, adding that the shipment included 150,000 food cans.

Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with various terrorist groups, including Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL), currently controlling parts of it.

According to a report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research, the conflict has claimed the lives of over 470,000 people, injured 1.9 million others, and displaced nearly half of the country’s pre-war population of about 23 million within or beyond its borders.