World

Islamic Terrorism Was Born on This Mountain 1,000 Years Ago

THE LONGEST WAR

Long before ISIS or Al Qaeda, killers from a secret base attacked great cities all over the world and invented “assassin.” It took a feisty British explorer named Freya Stark to find them.

articles/2016/05/21/islamic-terrorism-was-born-on-this-mountain-1-000-years-ago/160520-irving-assassins-tease_hjgdal
Heritage Image Partnership Ltd /Alamy

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.