DUBAI  - 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-Dollar dumped, bonds boosted on Fed inflation caution  

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Region up as oil gains, Emaar Development slumps on debut  

* U.S. oil prices near 2-year high on pipeline shutdown, falling inventories O/R

* PRECIOUS-Gold inches down amid Fed inflation concerns  

* Middle East Crude-Dubai rebounds; PTT buys cargoes at lower premiums 

* U.S. pressed Saudis to ease Yemen blockade - sources  

* COLUMN-Commentary: How Saudi Arabia has overreached on Iran, Lebanon  

* Palestinian factions agree to hold general election by end-2018

* Lebanon's PM Hariri shelves resignation, easing crisis  

* Saudi-led coalition to reopen Yemen's Hodeidah port, Sanaa airport for aid 

* EXCLUSIVE-SAP investigating its sales practices in Gulf region 

* Putin wins backing from Iran, Turkey for new Syria peace push 

* France tells Libya to act over migrant "crimes against humanity"  

* As lira plumbs record low, Turkey says U.S. problems temporary  

* EXCLUSIVE-Iraq looks to Kuwait gas pipeline to pay off reparations  

* Saudis push for nine-month extension of OPEC-led oil cut - sources  

* Turkey, Islamic Development Bank sign deals worth $567 million - Treasury 

* Iranian government ends seasonal rice import ban -IRNA  

EGYPT

* Egypt's prime minister to seek medical care in Germany -cabinet  

* Egypt to receive next IMF loan disbursal in December -minister

* Egypt's GDP growth at 5.2 pct during Q1 FY2017-18 - planning minister  

* Egypt detains 29 people on suspicion of espionage for Turkey 

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi Arabia agrees to buy $7 bln in precision munitions from U.S. firms -sources  

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* UAE's Bank of Sharjah and Invest Bank in merger talks -sources  

* UAE central bank: request on Saudi accounts was just information-gathering  

* UAE loan growth could recover to 3 to 4 pct in 2018, senior banker says

* Emaar Development, Dubai's first big IPO since 2014, falls on debut  

* Dubai-based lender Mashreq in Qatar for long haul -CEO  

* UAE central bank says looking at crowdfunding regulation  

QATAR

* Arab states blacklist Islamist groups, individuals in Qatar boycott  

* Qatar row moves to WTO litigation phase, dismaying many  

* Qatari energy minister sees oversupply of LNG in coming years  

* MSCI may use offshore FX rates for Qatar stocks as sanctions hurt riyal access  

KUWAIT

* KFH to sell stake in Gulf Investment House to Sanad Holding 

* Kuwait's Emir in hospital for medical checks after cold - agency  

(Compiled by Dubai newsroom)