Syrian opposition leader Moaz al-Khatib has said Syria's failure to accept his offer of peace talks send a "very negative" message to the world.
In a statement on his Facebook page, Mr Khatib said the regime had "lost a chance to engage in a dialogue" to end the two-year conflict.
Last month, Mr Khatib said he was willing to talk to the government under certain conditions.
The fighting in Syria has killed at least 60,000 people, the UN says.
Mr Khatib's offer for talks signalled a softening of his previous position, which ruled out negotiations with President Bashar al-Assad's government.
He said his Syrian National Coalition - an alliance of opposition groups - would meet Syrian officials, so long as Syria freed 160,000 political prisoners.
Mr Khatib's overture, which has the backing of the US, was criticised by many of his coalition colleagues, who reject discussions while President Assad and his inner circle remain in power.
Mr Khaitb's statement followed a meeting in Cairo with UN-Arab League special envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi.
On Friday, Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zohbi said the government was prepared to hold talks with the opposition without preconditions.
"The door is open, the negotiating table is there, welcome to any Syrian who wants to have dialogue with us," he said on state television.
"We are serious about the question of dialogue. [But] When you speak of dialogue, it means dialogue without conditions, which excludes no-one."
In a speech in January, President Assad dismissed the opposition as "puppets" fabricated by the West, saying Syria wanted to negotiate with the "master not the servants".
He set out a plan to end the crisis - involving a national dialogue conference - but this was rejected by the opposition.
In continuing fighting meanwhile, some 77 people were killed across the country on Sunday, AFP news agency quoted opposition activists as saying.
The Local Coordination Committees said clashes had broken out in the al-Afif neighbourhood of Damascus, near the the presidential complex.
Information from inside Syria is almost impossible to verify because of the heavy restrictions placed on international journalists there.
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