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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-Asian shares advance, dollar soft as markets decide Omicron fallout limited
* Oil prices keep climbing even as Omicron COVID-19 variant fans out
* PRECIOUS-Gold steady as weaker dollar counters positive Omicron study impact
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most major Gulf bourses in red on Omicron worries
* ANALYSIS-After another torrid year, can emerging markets rediscover their mojo
* INSIGHT-Iran seeks to cool tensions in Iraq
* FOREX-Euro gains on more positive global outlook; Turkish lira holds its gains
* Lebanon says talks on securing World Bank funding will wrap up in early 2022
* INTERVIEW-Jordan needs to support its airline like other nations, CEO says
* Libyan election collapses with no plan out of crisis
* U.N. shrinks Yemen food rations in "desperate measures"
* WIDER IMAGE-Life in ruins: ancient sites shelter Syria's displaced
* U.S. Navy seizes illicit weapons from a stateless vessel in Arabian sea
EGYPT
* Egypt's Sisi warns newly weds subsidy cards will not cover their children
* Egypt says Serbia wants to set up wheat silos in Suez Canal economic zone
* Egypt to increase gov't contribution to govt-backed green investments to 50% by 2025 - finance ministry
SAUDI ARABIA
* Saudi Arabia's CMA approves IPO application of digital security firm Elm
* Saudi-led coalition targets Houthi security camp in Yemen's Sanaa
* Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says it helped evacuate Iran's sick envoy
* IHS Markit includes Saudi govt Sukuk market in iBoxx global bond index - Saudi Tadawul
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* UAE's ADNOC, TAQA in $3.6 bln project to slash offshore carbon footprint
* Dubai Crude for March to be priced at $0.05/bbl below Oman
QATAR
* BREAKINGVIEWS-Qatar's World Cup will pay Gulf-wide dividends
KUWAIT
* Boursa Kuwait completes procedures for sale of 110 mln shares of Qurain Petrochemical Industries
* STC Kuwait signs agreement to acquire entire share capital of E-Portal Holding Co
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))