Blast hits Syrian bus convoy near Aleppo: state media, monitors

An explosion near a bus convoy waiting to enter the Syrian city of Aleppo killed or wounded several people on Saturday, pro-government media outlets, pro-opposition activists and a monitor reported.A military media unit run by Damascus ally Hezbollah said a suicide attacker had detonated a car bomb near the convoy.Pictures posted on state media showed what appeared to be the aftermath of the explosion, with bodies lying on the ground and fires belching out thick black plumes of smoke.