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-Stocks drift, dollar wobbles as markets bide time ahead of US data MKTS/GLOB

* Oil falls over $1 on expectations for US-Iran nuclear deal O/R

* PRECIOUS-Gold hits over one-month low; US PPI data in focusGOL/

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most Gulf bourses settle flat, oil prices fall.MIDEAST

* Trump meets Syrian president, urges him to establish ties with Israel nL1N3RM03W

* OPEC expects slower 2025 oil supply growth from rivals after price drop nL1N3RM0GQ

* Trump's Syria announcement surprised his own sanctions officials nL1N3RM1BZ

* US-backed aid group to start work in Gaza by end of May under heavily criticized plan nL1N3RM19B

* Syria's finance minister says foreign investors welcome after US sanctions move nL1N3RM0PH

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi PIF strikes multibillion-dollar deals with top US asset managers nL1N3RM0ML

* Aramco says has US tie-ups worth up to $90 billion amid Trump Gulf tour nL1N3RM0T6

* MP Materials, Maaden to jointly develop rare earths supply chain in Saudi nL4N3RM16Y

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

* US close to letting UAE import millions of Nvidia's AI chips, sources say nL1N3RM0V4

* UAE's TAQA Q1 profit falls nFWN3RM30A

* DEWA added to MSCI Emerging Markets Index nFWN3RM0FE

* Neuralink says launching our first clinical trial in the Middle East at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi nFWN3RM2VD

* Fortress sets up Abu Dhabi office, appoints regional head in push for Gulf growth nL1N3RM06C

QATAR

* Qatar Airways orders 160 Boeing twin-aisle jets during Trump visit nL1N3RM0OP

* US, Qatar deals to generate $1.2 trillion in 'economic exchange', White House says nS0N3RC00O

* General Atomics Aeronautical Systems welcomes provision of eight MQ-9B to Qatar nS8N3R20F9

* Qatar's central bank governor meets Elon Musk in Doha nLUN3QX00K

* Indian billionaire Ambani to meet Trump, Qatar emir in Doha, sources say nL4N3RM0QE

EGYPT

* Egypt signs oil exploration deals with foreign firms with investments of $221 million

(Compiled by Bangalore newsroom)

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