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))