A British mountaineer has been rescued after an eight-hour search mission following his fall from Mount Halgurd in Kurdistan.
David Joy, 55, was climbing the 3,600m mountain with a group of local and international hikers before he fell 700 metres (2,300ft) over rocks, ice and snow breaking both his legs, Rudaw reported.
Mount Halgurd, the highest peak in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, is visited by hundreds of domestic and foreign tourists and climbers every year.
