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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-Stocks advance after U.S. government reopens for now
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Egypt's EGX30 index rises, most Gulf markets firm
* Oil slips on rising U.S. rig count, China industrial slowdown
* PRECIOUS-Gold firm near 7-month peak on U.S. rate pause hopes
* Attack on displaced people's camp in Yemen kills eight civilians - UN
* Next round of Afghanistan talks tentatively set for Feb. 25
* Iraq must move away from economic reliance on Iran - British official
* New 'Long Live Tunisia' party born, to be led by PM
* Bomb attacks kill four policemen in northern Iraq: police
* Foreign troops to quit Afghanistan in 18 months under draft deal -Taliban sources
* Hezbollah could 'for years' enter Israel, group's leader says after tunnels found
* Syria says Turkey must pull troops to revive security pact
* Sudan's Bashir says protesters trying to copy Arab Spring
EGYPT
* Egypt's GASC tender attracts 4 offers for Chinese, Vietnamese and Indian rice - traders
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Aramco to pay $1.6 bln for stake in S.Korea's Hyundai Oilbank
* Saudi Arabia frees Ethiopian-born tycoon amid flurry of releases
* BRIEF-Saudi Exchange Says Foreigners Buy A Net 958.3 Mln Riyals Of Stocks Last Week
* Saudi unemployment at 12.8 pct in Q3 2018
* SABIC says challenges remain, views Aramco deal positively
* BRIEF-Saudi's Bahri Signs 500 Mln Riyals Islamic Credit Facility
* BRIEF-Zain Saudi FY Profit Rises
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* ADNOC seals $5.8 bln refining and trading deal with ENI, OMV
* Dubai Commodity Centre DMCC's CEO Sashittal replaced by Bin Sulayem- statement
QATAR
* BRIEF-Doha Bank FY Profit Falls
* BRIEF-Qatar International Islamic Bank FY Profit Rises
(Reporting By Dubai newsroom) ((Dubai.Newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))