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DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia shares extend rally, pound bewildered by politics
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi stocks close up, most other Gulf markets down
* Brent leads crude prices higher as Norway oil workers prepare to strike
* PRECIOUS-Gold prices inch up amid Brexit uncertainty, subdued dollar
* Middle East Crude-Dubai edges up on window trades
* Do not blame OPEC, oil producer group says of Trump criticism
* Turkey's Erdogan sworn in with new powers, names son-in-law finance minister
* Sterling slide boosts FTSE 100 after resignations hit UK government
* Syrian rebels say army besieging their enclave in southern city Deraa
* Germany committed to Iran deal, but firms must make up own minds - Merkel
* Saudi-led coalition faces stalemate in Yemen's main port city
* Tunisia's trade deficit rises to $3.13 bln in Jan-June
* Asian refiners seeking more oil from outside Iran after U.S. sanctions -KPC CEO
* Transatlantic ties hang in the balance as Trump comes to Europe
EGYPT
* Egypt's GASC seeks wheat for Aug 21-31 shipment
* Egypt arrests head of Customs Authority for alleged bribery
* Egypt remittances up 48.2 pct in first 10 months of FY 2017/18 to $26 bln - c.bank
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi issues draft law for public-private projects worth billions
* Saudi bid to protect pre-Islamic sites upends religious dictates
* Saudi Arabia's Leejam Sports to offer shares next month
* Saudi representatives meet Taiwan bond investors in non-deal roadshow - sources
* Saudi Arabian Airlines in Boeing 777X order talks - sources
* Saudi Arabia buys 1.74 million T of barley in tender
* TABLE-Saudi money supply increase in May
KUWAIT
* China private refiner buys its first Kuwaiti crude oil cargo
BAHRAIN
* Bahrain's top Shi'ite cleric allowed to seek treatment abroad
(Reporting By Dubai newsroom) ((Dubai.Newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))