MIDEAST STOCKS - Factors to watch - Aug 7

DUBAI, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Here are factors that may affect
Middle East stock markets on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified
the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares steady on sustained policy hopes,
eyes on RBA

* Brent steady above $109 on stimulus hopes, Mideast tension

* Syrian prime minister defects, fighting goes on

* Iran rial sinks 5 pct vs dlr as devaluation expected

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Dubai ends lower as investors book gains;
Qatar up

* Yemen's Aden refinery resumes output - official

* Standard Chartered may lose NY license over Iran ties

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi increases September oil prices from Sidi Kerir

EGYPT

* Egypt vows crackdown on "infidels" after border massacre

* Egypt to offer bonds worth 5 bln EGP

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* UAE's NBAD prices $750 mln 7-yr bond, draws heavy demand

* UAE c.bank foreign assets rise to $51 bln in June

* UAE's ADNOC raises July Murban price to $101.75/bbl

KUWAIT

* Kuwait's Zain Q2 net profit inches up 1 pct

OMAN

* Oman's Bank Muscat $251 mln rights issue 128 pct covered

(Compiled by Gulf bureaux)