On December 16, 2024, Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) reported on a tunnel evacuated by pro-Iran militias in northern Syria. The tunnel was located near the General Security Directorate in Deir Al-Zour, an area also housing Iranian militia headquarters and Russian Wagner forces. Sources revealed to Al-Jazeera that the Iranian militias had dug a 15-meter tunnel beneath a house used as their military base. According to the report, the tunnel appeared long and wide but was still under construction.