Six gunmen who attacked an air force base near India’s border with Pakistan have been killed, an official said.

A fifth gunman has been killed in a more than two-day long siege at an air base near India’s border with Pakistan.

Indian troops have killed four gunmen who entered an air force base near the border with Pakistan and exchanged fire with security forces. At least two soldiers have died in the firefight.

Syrian troops and allied militiamen have seized control of a sprawling military air base near Damascus, bolstering the government’s presence in a key area overwhelmingly controlled by opposition forces.

Syrian government forces have broken a siege imposed by Islamic State on a military air base since 2013, state media said.