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 slip as China's Huawei in legal hot water; focus on Sino-U.S. talks 

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Banks lift Saudi, blue-chips elevate major Gulf markets  

* PRECIOUS-Gold hits over 7-month peak as Huawei case sparks risk-off sentiment 

* Oil inches up on Venezuela sanctions, but China slowdown weighs 

* Middle East Crude-Benchmarks edge up; traders await ESPO offers  

* Saudi signs $54.4 bln of deals, offers manufacturing incentives  

* Iran strikes economic deals with Syria during VP visit  

* U.N. envoy urges Yemen combatants to withdraw from lifeline port  

* Eastern Libya govt delegation visits key southern city of Sabha  

* At Baghdad workshop, the search for Iraq's looted artifacts gets serious  

EGYPT

* Macron tells Sisi human rights go together with stability  

* "Age is no obstacle" - Egyptian swimmer still a champion at 76 

* Egypt's GASC seeks wheat for March 11-20 shipment  

* Reuters Insider - French arms sales to Egypt in the spotlight  

* Egypt's foreign remittances up 5.7 pct in first 11 months of 2018  

* Bankers see central bank behind surprise rise of Egyptian pound 

* Egypt picks banks to manage international bond issues 

 

SAUDI ARABIA

* ANALYSIS-Aramco's rating ambitions face Saudi economic curb  

* Saudi signs $54.4 bln of deals, offers manufacturing incentives  

* Saudi Arabia's PIF slashes exposure to Tesla - FT  

* Canada's SNC-Lavalin cuts 2018 profit forecast on Saudi strain, shares dive  

* MEDIA-Aramco could stagger payments for Sabic deal, oil minister says  

* TABLE-Saudi money supply increase in December  

* Saudi's Falih sees no impact on oil markets from Venezuela turmoil - RIA  

* Aramco amps up in S.Korea with $1.6 bln bet on refiner Hyundai Oilbank  

* Saudi Arabia to build metal smelter with Trafigura worth $2.8 bln - statement  

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* Hostile crowd awaits Qatar in Asian Cup semi-final against UAE  

* ADCB's chairman, CEO to fill top positions in new Abu Dhabi merged bank-sources  

* Jet Airways seeks shareholder approval for debt to equity swap  

* UAE economy grew around 3 pct in 2018 -minister  

* Dubai airport handles 89.1 mln passengers in 2018, misses target  

 

QATAR

* Qatar National Bank hires arrangers for U.S. dollar bond -sources  

* Qatar energy minister says plans to order 60 new LNG carriers  

 

KUWAIT

* IMF says economic growth in Kuwait to strengthen on the back of oil prices  

 

BAHRAIN

* Bahrain closer to extradition of footballer held in Thailand 

* Bahrain upholds life sentence against opposition leaders  

* BRIEF-Investcorp Acquires Health Plus Management  

(Reporting By Dubai newsroom) ((Dubai.Newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))