EU could deploy peace force in post-conflict Syria - adviser


BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union planners are looking at ways to help stabilise Syria when the civil war is over, and sending an EU military force to keep the peace could be an option, the bloc's top military officer said on Tuesday.

The EU has a 2,000-strong rapid reaction force, known as a battle group, on standby at all times, ready for peace keeping or humanitarian action in an emergency, but it has never yet been deployed.

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