The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on February 28, 2026, after US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation across the region, but sharp divisions left the Council unable to agree on any joint action.

WASHINGTON - Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Lafayette Square across from the White House on Saturday afternoon to voice opposition to the deployment of additional U.S. troops to the Middle East, demand the removal of American forces from Iraq and warn against getting into a war with Iran.