#PreMarket Primer: Thursday, January 23: Syrian Peace Conference Off To A Volitile Start
January 23, 2014 at 06:57 AM EST
The much anticipated Syrian peace conference got off to a rocky start on Wednesday in Montreux, Switzerland. US Secretary of State John Kerry started the talks off by calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's removal from power. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem countered by saying the US and its allies