Civilians flee Lebanon after Israeli attack, US protests against attacks on Iran

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to set fire to any ships that

tried to pass through the strait of Humus.

Brigadier General Ibrahim Jabari advised to the commander of the Revolutionary Guard,

says it will not allow the U.S. access to any oil.

The price of oils reached $81 in the world, certainly waiting for it to reach at least $200.

The Strait of Humus is closed. Our heroes in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard

Corps, Navy and the Army will set fire to any ships that try to pass through the strait.

We'll also target their oil pipelines in the region, and we will not allow oil exports from

this region until we put pressure on the enemy. The Americans have debts of hundreds of thousands

of billions of dollars, and they're thirsty for the region's oil. They'll not get a single drop.

Well, as a result of all those threats and turmoil around the Strait of Humus,

Asian stock markets are falling for a second day. South Korea's benchmark cost be indexed.

Tumble buys much as 6.4%. That briefly prompted regulators to halt trading.

By triggering a mechanism intended to prevent major market swings,

markets are also lower in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Now, the Israeli attacks in Lebanon have triggered a new wave of displacement

to Syria, thousands of people have been fleeing in panic.

The Washington's objectives in this conflict are unclear as things stand.

Last June, Donald Trump announced the United States had, quote,

obliterated Iran's nuclear capability. During nuclear negotiations last month,

the President said the US would prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Well, now, the conflict underway. Trump says the United States is destroying

Iran's ability to launch missiles.

Well, even as the Trump administration tries to sell its war to the American public,

hundreds gathered in San Francisco to protest against the conflict.

Demonstrations, demonstrators, rather, were rallying against the escalating attacks on Iran,

but they were also calling for President Trump to resign.

Some of those protesters are Iranian-Americans who say their families are living under threat

of air strikes. More than a hundred activists marched to the US Embassy in Manila,

warning the Philippines could be a target of US adversaries as the country hosts US troops

and missile systems.

Coming up in the take, with the US confident after Iran's supreme leader was assassinated,

why the Islamic Republic system is built to last.

That's the take by Al Jazeera. Find it wherever you get your podcasts.