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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-Asian shares off 5-week low, remain fragile on renewed US-China trade worries
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi hit by profit-taking, financials drag major Gulf markets
* PRECIOUS-Gold gains as risk appetite dips on Trump tariff-hike threat
* Oil prices under pressure from U.S.-China trade dispute, market remains tense
* Pentagon says U.S. carrier, bombers sent to Middle East on 'credible threat' by Iran
* Iran to restart some nuclear activity in response to U.S. withdrawal from nuclear deal
* IranAir appoints new chief executive
* Lebanon central bank workers strike, PM demands budgetary 'realism'
* Syrian militants rocket Russian airbase in Syria - Russian military
* Syrian army attacks rebel stronghold - insurgent spokesman
* INSIGHT-No turning back: Syrian Kurds reshape region with books and schools
* Jailed Kurdish militant exhorts SDF to avoid conflict in Syria
* ICC will no longer refer Jordan to U.N. for failure to arrest Sudan's Bashir
EGYPT
* Egypt sells $1 billion in one-year dollar T-bills - central bank
* Egypt's GASC seeks white rice for arrival July 25 to Aug. 20
SAUDI ARABIA
* China's Hengli boosts Saudi oil buys as new refinery ramps up
* Saudi's SAGO buys 840,000 tonnes of barley in tender
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* UAE says it released a Qatari military boat held since end April
* ADCB's Q1 profit falls 5 pct, sees cost synergies from three-way merger
* Dubai first-quarter visitor numbers up 2.2 pct
* Pearl Petroleum to raise funding for Iraqi Kurdistan investment
* UAE investment banks Arqaam and The National Investor weigh merger - Bloomberg
BAHRAIN
* Bahrain court refuses to grant jailed activist Rajab a non-custodial sentence - lawyer
(Reporting By Dubai Newsroom) ((Dubai.Newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))