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United Nations investigating reported mass killings in Syria

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Gut wrenching scenes in the village of trans -- and western Syria and yeah -- This teenager -- pleading with his dead father to get up.

While there official mission remains suspended United Nations observers are still on the scene.

People greeting the observers who say this is the site of one of the deadliest massacre -- of the sixteen month long conflict.

Syria's forces apparently targeting anti government activists and former army members who defected.

Locals say there were victims of all agents.

-- burned children in front of her eyes they help the men like this instead -- one here and one here.

At least 150 people among the dead and the UN says they were killed at the hands of Syrian troops.

The UN says they fall -- bombardments.

This involved mechanized units.

-- -- -- -- -- us helicopters.

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon condemning the attack but Syria denying its troops played any role in the killing.

They're blaming armed terrorists.

Meantime the -- attacks continue on the city of home.

The Red Cross now -- the fighting as an internal armed conflicts in other words it's a civil war.

The distinction is important because it can -- can lay the ground work for future prosecution.

For war crimes.

While the 300 member United Nations observers mission was suspended in June unarmed monitors have still been responding to specific incidents.

In the conflict.

In New York Julie Banderas Fox News.