Syria's opposition National Coalition has taken the country's official seat at the Arab League summit, which has begun in Qatar.
The seat has been empty since the league suspended the government of Bashar al-Assad in November 2011.
As the summit opened, the Emir of Qatar, who is president of the summit, invited the Syrian opposition to assume the official seat, the BBC reports.
The decision to invite the National Coalition has enraged Damascus.
Syria's official daily al-Thawra says the Arab League has handed what it calls Syria's stolen seat to bandits and thugs.
