Since the summer of 2013, terrorist bombings have targeted the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa Valley. These were followed by threats from Jabhat al-Nusra in Lebanon and the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) of new attacks in Shiite areas that represent a welcoming environment for Hezbollah. It is no secret that these attacks have caused a state of confusion among residents of these areas, especially in the southern suburbs and the Bekaa Valley.
One could even say that many of the civilians residing in these areas are living with a "phobia" of explosions, and wait fearfully for the next blast. This is despite the fact that a large group of these people support Hezbollah — on both the religious and political levels — and believe that these sacrifices are necessary in the service of this political-religious line. According to them, these are sacrifices for the sake of God, to save the doctrine of the household of the prophet in the face of fundamentalist Wahhabi extremist groups.
