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-Asia stocks hit 6-mth lows, bonds boom amid market shakeout 

* PRECIOUS-Gold gains on weaker dollar, U.S.-China trade tension 

* Oil prices drop as U.S.-China trade war fuels growth concerns 

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Weighed down by bank stocks, Saudi market dips after U.S. rate cut 

* Iran seizes Iraqi oil tanker smuggling fuel in Gulf -TV 

* Turkey to launch offensive in Kurdish-controlled area in northern Syria -Erdogan 

* Sudan factions initial pact ushering in transitional government 

* Tourism levy to squeeze Turkish tourism firms still emerging from slump 

* Iraqi oil ministry says has no ties to oil tanker seized by Iran

* Seventeen dead in car explosion in central Cairo -health ministry 

 

EGYPT

* BRIEF-Egypt's Beltone Financial Shareholders Approve Capital Increase 

* BRIEF-Misr Fertilizers Production H1 Standalone Profit Falls

 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi non-oil private sector growth slips to five-month low in July -PMI 

* Saudi Arabia cuts Sept crude oil prices to Asia 

* MOVES-Credit Suisse hires Mizuho banker as Saudi Arabia CEO – sources 

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* UAE private sector growth at four-month low in July -PMI

* Abu Dhabi's ADFG & Shuaa complete merger with capital increase 

* Dubai's Emaar Q2 profit falls 7.4% as Dubai property market cools 

* BRIEF-ADNOC Distribution Q2 Profit Rises

 

QATAR

* BRIEF-Qatar Islamic Insurance H1 Profit Rises

KUWAIT

* BRIEF-Kuwait Portland Cement Posts Flat Q2 Profit

* BRIEF-Ithmaar Holding Board Proposes Delisting From Boursa Kuwait 

 

BAHRAIN

* BRIEF-Bahrain's SICO Q2 Profit Falls

OMAN

* BRIEF-Omantel H1 Group Profit Rises 

 

(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))