DUBAI, Aug 24 (Reuters) - 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 stocks brush off Wall St slide after Trump's comments, dollar sulks
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Small caps support Saudi; Egypt falls amid U.S. aid denial
* Oil steady on falling crude inventories, but rising output weighs
* PRECIOUS-Gold eases ahead of Jackson Hole central bankers meeting
* Middle East Crude-Benchmarks edge up; Basra Heavy premium rises
* Turkey says it conveyed concerns about Iraqi Kurdish referendum to Erbil
* Iraqi forces make gains in Islamic State stronghold of Tal Afar
* Former Libyan prime minister freed after abduction in Tripoli
* U.S. asks if Iran military sites to be checked under nuclear deal
* Iran, Saudi Arabia to exchange diplomatic visits -Iranian foreign minister
* EMERGING MARKETS-Mexican peso spooked by Trump on NAFTA and border wall
* U.S., Gulf officials hold talks on Mideast peace; Qatar-Saudi rift not discussed
EGYPT
* Egypt's Sisi meets Kushner after U.S. holds back aid
* Egypt pins export hopes on new leather production city
* Beltone Financial to list Egypt index tracker fund on Nasdaq Dubai
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Aramco to sign China's Yunnan refinery deal in 6 months -Falih
* Saudi sovereign wealth fund hires head of domestic investments
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* TABLE-UAE central bank foreign assets drop in July as securities shrink
* TABLE-UAE bank lending growth edges up in July
* TABLE-UAE's Fujairah oil inventory data for week ended Aug 21
QATAR
* Qatar says its ambassador to return to Iran -foreign ministry
* Chad to shutter Qatar embassy, expel diplomats
* Qatar food security project gets $440 mln bank financing
KUWAIT
* TABLE-Kuwait July inflation edges down to 1.3 percent
* TABLE-Kuwait bank lending growth slows in June
OMAN
* TABLE-Oman first-half budget deficit shrinks by nearly a third year on year
(Compiled by Dubai Newsroom)
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks brush off Wall St slide after Trump's comments, dollar sulks
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Small caps support Saudi; Egypt falls amid U.S. aid denial
* Oil steady on falling crude inventories, but rising output weighs
* PRECIOUS-Gold eases ahead of Jackson Hole central bankers meeting
* Middle East Crude-Benchmarks edge up; Basra Heavy premium rises
* Turkey says it conveyed concerns about Iraqi Kurdish referendum to Erbil
* Iraqi forces make gains in Islamic State stronghold of Tal Afar
* Former Libyan prime minister freed after abduction in Tripoli
* U.S. asks if Iran military sites to be checked under nuclear deal
* Iran, Saudi Arabia to exchange diplomatic visits -Iranian foreign minister
* EMERGING MARKETS-Mexican peso spooked by Trump on NAFTA and border wall
* U.S., Gulf officials hold talks on Mideast peace; Qatar-Saudi rift not discussed
EGYPT
* Egypt's Sisi meets Kushner after U.S. holds back aid
* Egypt pins export hopes on new leather production city
* Beltone Financial to list Egypt index tracker fund on Nasdaq Dubai
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Aramco to sign China's Yunnan refinery deal in 6 months -Falih
* Saudi sovereign wealth fund hires head of domestic investments
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* TABLE-UAE central bank foreign assets drop in July as securities shrink
* TABLE-UAE bank lending growth edges up in July
* TABLE-UAE's Fujairah oil inventory data for week ended Aug 21
QATAR
* Qatar says its ambassador to return to Iran -foreign ministry
* Chad to shutter Qatar embassy, expel diplomats
* Qatar food security project gets $440 mln bank financing
KUWAIT
* TABLE-Kuwait July inflation edges down to 1.3 percent
* TABLE-Kuwait bank lending growth slows in June
OMAN
* TABLE-Oman first-half budget deficit shrinks by nearly a third year on year
(Compiled by Dubai Newsroom)