DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Thursday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia shares temper rally, await China policy meeting
* Oil prices climb as U.S. stock drawdown eases supply glut fears
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Egyptian stocks dip on coronavirus restrictions, FAB boosts Abu Dhabi
* PRECIOUS-Gold slides as economic recovery hopes dent safe-haven bids
* OPEC chief says oil market responding well to record OPEC+ cut
* Gulf sovereign bonds rally on oil price recovery
* Iran will support any nation or group that fights Israel -supreme leader
* After U.S. warning, Iran says its navy will still operate in Gulf
* Venezuela's military to escort Iranian fuel tankers -defense minister
* Iran extends Zaghari-Ratcliffe's temporary release, lawyer says
* U.S. blacklists Iran's interior minister over human rights abuses
* Libya frontline pullback puts eastern offensive in question
* Trump, Macron agree on urgent need for de-escalation in Libya -White House
* IMF approves $396 million loan to Jordan to ease COVID-19 impact
* Lebanon seeks foreign government-backed financing for power plants after default
* Lebanon banks call for rescue plan with lighter touch on depositors
* Algerian activists jailed for criticising authorities, rights group says
* Israel must abandon annexation threat, says U.N. Middle East envoy
* France warns Israel against partial annexation of West Bank
* Israeli court tells Netanyahu he must appear at start of trial
* Israel central bank chief says not to "tighten belts" on budget yet
* U.S.-Israeli cybersecurity firm Aqua raises $30 million
EGYPT
* Egypt to take 1% from salaries due to coronavirus
* Egypt's sugar reserves at 2 mln tonnes, sufficient for more than 5 months of consumption - ministry statement
SAUDI ARABIA
* Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to halt production from Al-Khafji joint oil field for a month -official
* Saudi April inflation up 1.3% on higher food prices
* Saudi pips Iraq as top oil supplier to India in April -trade
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Air France axes A380, Emirates seen cutting deliveries
* Fujairah oil inventories soar to record on weak demand, storage play
QATAR
* Qatar aims to keep World Cup affordable despite COVID fall-out
* Qatar offers Turkey relief by tripling FX swap line to $15 bln
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))