The Arab League has called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the BBC reports.
After an emergency meeting in Qatar, Arab League foreign ministers called on President Assad to resign rapidly, and offered his family safe passage out of Syria.
Meanwhile, the EU is to tighten sanctions and an arms embargo against President Assad's government, the BBC also reported.
EU foreign ministers agreed to freeze the assets of 26 individuals and three firms close to the Syrian government. They will be added to a blacklist which already contains the names of 129 people and 49 entities.
EU member states will also be required to send inspectors to board planes and ships believed to be carrying weapons or suspicious supplies to Damascus.
