DUBAI  - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares dip as commodities ease, bitcoin licks wounds  

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Qatar rebounds sharply, major Gulf markets firm  

* Oil prices edge up on tighter supplies, healthy demand  

* PRECIOUS-Gold edges up as dollar index slumps to 3-yr lows  

* Middle East Crude-Light grades stay in premiums  

* U.S. withholds $65 mln in Palestinian aid after Trump threat  

* Iran's leader accuses Saudis of "treason" against Muslims 

* Yemen seeks Saudi cash as plunging currency deepens war woes  

* Turkey's Erdogan tells NATO will take all precautions for national security - sources  

* Algeria signs deal with Vitol to cut fuel import bill  

* U.S. oil industry set to break record, upend global trade  

* Turkey's Borsa Istanbul to start buyback of its C class shares  

* Moody's expects Lebanon's economy to grow 2.8 pct this year  

* Iran says planned U.S.-backed force inside Syria would fan war  

* Chevron to resume drilling in Iraqi Kurdistan  

* Plan to expand Beirut airport would cost $200 million - PM 

* Turkey sells 12-month zero coupon bond at yield of 13.53 pct  

* Turkey's M&A market totalled to some $10 bln in 2017 - E&Y report  

* Algeria exported 55 billion cubic metres of gas in 2017 - Sonatrach CEO  

* Moody's says stable outlook for Levant And North Africa sovereigns in 2018  

EGYPT

* Egypt's GASC buys 295,000 tonnes of Russian wheat in tender  

* Fitch Revises Egypt's Outlook to Positive; Affirms at 'B'  

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi Arabia shoots down Yemeni missile - Ekhbariya TV  

* Saudi central bank fines Samba over March technical glitch 

* EXCLUSIVE-Saudi Aramco snubs UBS and Bank of America for listing roles - sources 

* Saudi businessman Mulhem released in anti-corruption probe -sources 

* MEDIA-Saudi Arabia's PIF in talks to buy stake in Endeavor - Bloomberg 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* UAE will complain to U.N. body over Qatar war planes 

* TABLE-Abu Dhabi inflation accelerates to 2.0 percent in December 

* TABLE-Abu Dhabi Q4 earnings estimates 
 
* TABLE-Dubai Q4 earnings estimates  

QATAR

* Qatar's Masraf Al Rayan reports 9.6 pct fall in Q4 profit  

* Qatar National Bank Q4 profit rises 5.2 pct, below two forecasts  

* Qatar central bank to consider topic of virtual currencies -governor 

* TABLE-Qatar Q4 earnings estimates  

KUWAIT

* TABLE-Kuwait Q4 earnings estimates  

BAHRAIN

* TABLE-Bahrain Q4 earnings estimates  

OMAN

* Oman plans $1 billion infrastructure fund- Bloomberg  

* Oman's Bank Sohar seeks $300 million in syndicated loan 

* TABLE-Oman Q4 earnings estimates  

(Compiled by Dubai newsroom)