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

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares hit all-time highs, oil rises on Middle East tensions  

* Oil rises on fears of heightened tensions in Middle East  

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Oil bolsters Saudi index as other Gulf markets slip 

* PRECIOUS-Economic recovery bets push platinum to over six-year peak  

* Syrian army says air defences intercepted 'Israeli aggression' over Damascus 

* Sudan says Ethiopian forces crossed border, raising tensions 

* Turkey says militants executed 13, including soldiers, police, in Iraq 

* Israeli study finds 94% drop in symptomatic COVID-19 cases with Pfizer vaccine

* Lebanon's Hariri sees no way out of crisis without Arab support 

* Yemen donor conference expected in March, aid sources say 

 

EGYPT

* BRIEF-Egypt's MM Group Says Ebtikar Restructuring Investments For Listing On EGX 

 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi-led coalition destroys explosive-laden drone fired by Yemen's Houthis - state TV 

* Saudi Arabia will continue to treat Houthis as terrorists, says Saudi U.N. representative 

* Saudi Arabia extends entertainment, dine-in coronavirus restrictions - SPA 

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* UAE swears in country's first ambassador to Israel -Dubai media office 

* Dubai property firm Emaar's 2020 profit plunges, DAMAC posts wider loss

* BRIEF-UAE M3 money supply Rises in December - Central Bank Data 

* BRIEF-Alvarez & Marsal Expands Middle East Team With Four Senior Appointments

QATAR

* BRIEF-Ooredoo Group Posts Q4 Loss 

* BRIEF-Qatar Electricity & Water FY Profit Falls 

* BRIEF-Qatar Islamic Bank Completes With HSBC A First Islamic Trade Facility In MENAT 

 

KUWAIT

* BRIEF-Al Ahli Bank Of Kuwait Posts Q4 Loss 

* BRIEF-Kuwait's Burgan Bank Q4 Profit Falls 

 

BAHRAIN

* Bahrain's economy to grow 3.3% this year, must cut public debt - IMF

 

OMAN

* Oman extends Omanisation by giving locals higher education jobs 

 

(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))