Qatar has information that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will sign an Arab peace plan aimed at ending his crackdown on anti-government protests.
Arabiya television has said Qatar's foreign minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani had said he had information Assad would sign the plan, but gave no further details.
Sheikh Hamad heads an Arab ministerial committee on Syria.
Assad has repeatedly stalled over the plan, which calls for an end to bloodshed, the release of prisoners, the withdrawal of troops from cities, a start to talks with the opposition and Arab monitors on the ground.
Earlier, Arab states had said that they may take their proposals for ending Syria's crackdown on protests to the UN Security Council next week if it fails to back their initiative.
Qatar's foreign minister has said unless Damascus agrees to implement the initiative, Arab ministers would vote to refer the matter to the UN.
Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said the window for an Arab solution to the crisis was closing
He expressed frustration that Syria had not carried out the plan, six weeks after it was first agreed.
Sheikh Hamad told journalists after an Arab ministerial committee meeting in Qatar that "if this matter is not solved in the weeks ahead, or couple of months, it will no longer be in Arab control."
"That is what we told the Syrians from the beginning."
Arab ministers could vote on Wednesday on whether to ask the Security Council to approve their initiative.
