Al Tariq was founded by Raif Khoury with the assistance of other members of the League Against Nazism and Fascism in Syria and Lebanon in 1941.
[1] The group included leftist figures such as Antun Thabit, Umar Fakhuri, Yusuf Ibrahim Yazbek and Kamil Ayyad.
[3][4][5] The cover page of its inaugural issue featured a man who was breaking a huge swastika with an ax into pieces.
[3][2] The editorial board of the magazine consisted of Umar Fakhuri, Antun Thabit, Raif Khoury and Yusuf Yazbek.
[3][4] Al Tariq aimed at informing the masses about the ideological context of ongoing World War II.