DUBAI, April 19 (Reuters) - 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-Resource stocks rally as oil surges, bonds suffer

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Qatar, Saudi climb in sluggish region; Qatari banks surge

* Oil near late-2014 highs as Saudi pushes for higher prices, US crude stocks decline

* PRECIOUS-Gold flat, dollar up on higher U.S. yields

* Despite strikes, Syria's Assad can still wage chemical attacks -U.S. sources

* Turkey's Erdogan declares early elections on June 24

* UN team fired upon in Syria while visiting suspected chemical sites

* Israel says finds bomb in Palestinian truck set for use on Independence Day

* Iran says will make or buy any weapons it needs, lambasts "invading powers"

* Eastern Libyan military chief of staff survives car bomb attack

* Iraq sentences 212 to death in Mosul area since recapture from Islamic State

* Turkish owner of Godiva chocolate to restructure $6.5 bln of debt

* Sonatrach says Exxon Mobil considering investment in Algeria

* Iran switches from dollar to euro for official reporting currency

* EU edges closer to new Iran sanctions ahead of Trump deadline, envoys say

* Russia's Lavrov to hold talks with U.N. Syria envoy

EGYPT

* Egypt to run ports 24 hours to cut costly delays

* Egypt's Pioneers Holding to increase capital by 30 pct -CEO

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi cinema launch ends decades-old ban, public screenings start Friday

* EXCLUSIVE-Japan’s Mizuho loses Saudi bond role in ongoing Gulf rift

* Catholic cardinal meets Saudi King in historic visit to Riyadh

* Saudi Arabia crude exports rise to 7.3 mln bpd in Feb

* EXCLUSIVE-OPEC's new price hawk Saudi Arabia seeks oil as high as $100 - sources

* BRIEF-Bupa Arabia Says Board Proposes FY Dividend

* Saudi's Riyadh airport privatisation plans on hold-sources

* BRIEF-Saudi Industrial Investment Group Announces H1, 2018 Dividend

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Luxury liner QE2 reopens as floating hotel in Dubai

* Emirates revives prospect of world's longest flight to Panama

* TABLE-Dubai March inflation continues to fall back on soft housing costs

* BRIEF-Aldar Properties Signs MoU With Hyperloop TT

* UAE business loan demand rising, personal loan demand weak -c.bank survey

* Warner Bros' $1 bln theme park in Abu Dhabi to open in July

* Dubai Islamic Bank Q1 profit up 16 percent

* UAE court says Dana Gas can distribute dividends, contradicts UK court

* Dubai's Emirates NBD Q1 net profit up 27 percent

QATAR

* BRIEF-Qatar's Mannai Corp Says Unwilling To Continue Bond Issue

* Qatari owner of Novo Cinemas plans to sell theatres in UAE, Bahrain-sources

* BRIEF-Qatar's QNB EGM Approves Foreign Ownership Limit To 49 Pct

OMAN

* BRIEF-Omantel Issues $1.5 Bln Bonds In Two Tranches

(Reporting by Dubai newsroom) ((Dubai.Newsroom@thomsonreuters.com;))