EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIALbr br Amateur video from Syria shows protesters said to have been wounded by government forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.br br The wounded are carried to safety-- while gunshots are heard in the background.br br Another video purports to show Syrian soldiers shooting into the air with machine guns- effectually blocking worshippers from leaving a mosque.br br Reuters cannot independently verify the content of either of the videoes.br br Despite the presence of United Nations monitors on the ground in Syria, the situation between government forces anti-government rebels, is deteriorating. And fast.br br U.N. chief monitor, Robert Mood.br br (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNITED NATIONS SUPERVISION MISSION IN SYRIA (UNSMIS) CHIEF, ROBERT MOOD, SAYING:br br "There appears to be a lack of willingness to seek the peaceful transition, the peaceful way forward that we are longing for and that the Syrian people are longing for. Instead there is a push towards advancing military positions."br br Major powers are now working towards holding a crisis meeting in Geneva at the end of the month in an effort to try to get a tattered peace plan back on track.