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)