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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 markets start on firm footing on vaccine, U.S. aid hopes
* Oil prices little changed ahead of China GDP data
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Egypt stocks hit by blue-chip selloff, Gulf markets quiet
* PRECIOUS-Gold set for weekly decline as U.S. stimulus hopes ebb
* INTERVIEW-Trump envoy hopes Israeli-Arab peace deals will continue whatever the U.S. election result
* Top Christian clerics urge Lebanese leaders to agree on government
* White House official went to Syria seeking Americans' release
* Syria needs up to 200,000 T of wheat per month to meet shortfall -minister
* Tunisia government to pump $1.5 billion into state firms, agrees to raise wages
* Senior PLO official Erekat taken to hospital after COVID-19 condition worsens
* Sudan's premier backs demands for justice as ICC prosecutor visits
EGYPT
* Egyptian grandfather becomes world's oldest soccer pro
SAUDI ARABIA
* Islamic State tells supporters to target westerners, oil pipelines in Saudi Arabia
* Saudi Aramco and SABIC reassess crude-oil-to-chemicals project
* Saudi Arabia restructures top religious and advisory bodies
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Israel, UAE agree deal to boost investment in each other's economies
* Etihad lays off more flight staff, reassigns others - email
* Israel, UAE to sign agreement for 28 weekly flights, ministry says
* BRIEF-DEWA Fully Repays $1.5 Bln Of Maturing Bonds, Achieving Zero Debt Position
BAHRAIN
* Israel, Bahrain formalise ties at ceremony attended by US officials
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))