DUBAI  - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks dip, dollar recovery continues as yields rise

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf mostly softens, Commercial International Bank buoys Egypt

* Oil prices fall as U.S. dollar firms

* PRECIOUS-Gold falls further as higher yields prop up dollar

* Middle East Crude-April al-Shaheen crude at lower premiums

* U.S. says ready to talk Mideast peace; Abbas calls for conference

* Syria pro-government forces enter Afrin to aid Kurds against Turkey

* One year on, OPEC gets closer to original target of oil cut pact

* No survivors as Iran finds wreckage of plane on mountain

* Donor meeting on Lebanon economy set for April 6 in Paris

* Iraq invites bids for construction of Mosul oil refinery -ministry

* Turkey's Erdogan orders 25 percent Istanbul bourse sale in IPO - chairman

* Kazakhstan's frozen billions sound alarm for sovereign funds

EGYPT

* Egypt's GASC seeks wheat for March 22-April 1 shipment

* Egypt puts prominent politician critical of Sisi on terrorism list

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi's SABIC secures $3 billion syndicated bridge loan - sources

* Saudi bank SABB's Q4 net profit rises 16.3 pct, misses forecasts

* Relax and invest, Saudi prince tells investors after corruption crackdown

* Saudi finance ministry sells 7.22 bln riyals of domestic sukuk

* TABLE-Saudi Arabia Q4 earnings estimates (1)

* TABLE-Saudi Arabia Q4 earnings estimates (2)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* UAE says OPEC, allies job is not done yet

* Dubai's real estate slump to last until 2020 - S&P

* UAE to exceed oil cut requirement in Q1 due to maintenance -energy min

* Dubai property firm Meraas hires Kuwait sovereign fund executive as CEO

* Investment Corp of Dubai seeks $1 bln refinancing- Bloomberg

QATAR

* Qatar says may switch part of A350 order to biggest model

* Qatar Airways CEO says UN aviation body needs to do more over Gulf crisis

* Qatar's Commercial Bank agrees to sell stake in UAE's UAB to Tabarak- sources

* Thailand's PTT buys Qatar Marine and Murban crude - sources

* TABLE-Qatar Q4 earnings estimates

KUWAIT

* TABLE-Kuwait Q4 earnings estimates

BAHRAIN

* Bahrain c.bank says growth may accelerate but warns on budget deficit

* TABLE-Bahrain Q4 earnings estimates

OMAN

* Oman's Golden Group lists 50 mln rials debut sukuk

(Compiled by Dubai newsroom)