Iraq will drill 6,000 wells in order to cope with the drought in the country, The New Arab’s Arabic-language service Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported. The wells will be drilled to reduce the impacts of the drought on various regions across the country, the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources announced, as they also highlighted their concerns surrounding the impact of the wells on groundwater. The measure is the first of its kind as droughts across Iraqi provinces have exacerbated after being hit by climate change and moves by Iran and Turkey that have reduced the flow of water from the Tigris and Eup…