As the nine Lebanese pilgrims’ ordeal that lasted seventeen months came to an end Saturday night amid a jubilant heroes’ welcome, many have forgotten or intendedly turned a blind eye to 628 families that are still awaiting their loved ones who have been rotting in Syrian prisons for decades now.

Those with good memory refuse to let this case down as their posts have gone viral on social media websites, voicing surprise at the Lebanese authorities’ leniency and idleness towards those who have been detained far more than seventeen months.

The relatives of the Lebanese detained in Syrian prisons admonished their country’s authorities for dismissing their kins’ case, warning of serious repercussions should silence remains unbroken.

Time rolls as years are passing by while the Lebanese detainees’ case is kept under wraps. Hadn’t it been for the detainees’ relatives and other staunch advocates, their memory would have been swept away by outrageous obliviousness.