Amateur video out of Syria appears to show demonstrators crowding the streets of Damascus.<br/> The video, which could not be independently verified by Reuters, comes as President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to allow-in Arab League monitors.<br/> More footage shows people gathered in the street. They flee amid the sound of gunfire.<br/> Syria broadly agreed last month to the Arab League initiative to defuse a violent confrontation that has left more than 5,000 people dead.<br/> Damascus says more than 1,100 members of its security forces have been killed by what the Syrian government calls "foreign-backed terrorist gangs."<br/> Footage from Homs shows a funeral march. Rights groups say at least three people were killed on Monday.<br/> Syria has banned most independent media from the country, making it difficult to verify accounts from activists or the government.<br/> Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
