Perpetrators were never caught, but it was widely suspected that the assassination was ordered by the Syrian Intelligence.

In 1947, aged 20, he established the weekly Akhbar al 'Aalam (Arabic: أخبار العالم) (meaning the News of the World) and was in Palestine in 1948 to cover the war there.

[citation needed] In 1950, he started the publication Al Ahad magazine (Arabic: الأحد) (literally The Sunday).

[citation needed] In 1955, he founded the newspaper Al Kifah (Arabic: الكفاح) (literally The Struggle) and his own publishing house called Dar al Kifah (Arabic: دار الكفاح) that consolidated all his publishing activities.

His also authored books including: He was elected head of the Lebanese Publishers Association, a post he would hold continuously until his assassination in 1980.