Syria on Sunday called for an emergency Arab summit on its months-long unrest, dpa quoted the state television as reporting.
"This conference should be devoted to addressing the Syrian crisis and looking into its negative repercussions on the Arab scene," the report quoted an official as saying.
Damascus "welcomes" a visit by a committee of Arab foreign ministers, to be accompanied by civilian or military monitors, to "see at firsthand the situation on the ground," said the source.