Syria war, refugees to cost Lebanon $7.5 billion: World Bank

By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria's conflict will cost Lebanon $7.5 billion in cumulative economic losses by the end of next year, the World Bank has said in a report prepared for an aid meeting at the United Nations. A summary of the report, seen by Reuters after the World Bank briefed diplomats in Beirut, provides the most detailed assessment yet of the strain Syria's conflict has placed on its small Mediterranean neighbor. It estimates that the war and resulting wave of refugees into Lebanon will cut real GDP growth by 2. …