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))