member states from flying into or out of Syria . In addition , all assets belonging to the Syrian government and its officials would be frozen so they could n't be accessed , and Syrian officials would not be allowed to visit Arab League countries . Pictures on SANA 's website on Saturday showed people packed in the city of Lattakia , reportedly to decry `` the Arab League decisions and foreign interference in the Syrian internal affairs . '' Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said Syria risked international isolation if it continued along its present path -- adding that the reported violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests could not be tolerated . `` Syria has to make a decision , '' he said in Istanbul alongside his Italian counterpart , Giulio Terzi . `` It will either continue this crackdown policy against its people and become isolated more and more , or it will say yes to this well-intentioned Arab League proposal , sign this protocol and observers will monitor the situation on the ground by going to all Syrian cities . '' Meanwhile , more violence was reported in Syria on Saturday , with the activist group Local
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Arab League finance ministers recommended Saturday that economic sanctions be levied against the Syrian government for its part in a bloody , months-long crackdown on civilian demonstrators , a senior Arab League official told CNN . State-run Syrian Arab News Agency -LRB- SANA -RRB- called the move an `` unprecedented procedure -LRB- that -RRB- contradicts the rules of the economic and trade cooperation among the Arab countries and targets the Syrian people . '' Arab League foreign ministers from the regional alliance will meet at 11 a.m. Sunday in Cairo -LRB- 4 a.m. ET -RRB- to consider whether to adopt the proposal , the league official said . Damascus had failed to respond to a Friday deadline for it to allow Arab League observers into the Middle Eastern country to monitor the government 's response to civil unrest . `` The Syrians responded with more requests to amendments to the protocol ; they did not reject or accept , '' a senior Arab League diplomat said . The slate of sanctions proposed Saturday in Cairo -- which were opposed by Algeria and Iraq -- include barring any private or commercial airlines from the league 's 22