UPDATED 5:08 AM EST, December 6, 2012
DUBLIN (AP) — A senior U.S. official says the top American and Russian diplomats will hold a surprise meeting with the U.N. peace envoy for Syria, signaling fresh hopes of an international breakthrough to end the Arab country's 21-month civil war.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and mediator Lakhdar Brahimi will meet Thursday in Dublin.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because she wasn't authorized to talk publicly on the matter.
