Mideast Stocks: Factors to watch on March 4

Mideast Stocks: Factors to watch on March 4

* Oil prices firm on prospect of OPEC+ maintaining supply cuts, drop in U.S. inventories * MIDEAST STOCKS-Property shares lift Dubai bourse, Saudi strong ahead of OPEC+ meet * PRECIOUS-Firm U.S. yields keep gold pinned near 9-month low  * New attack on Iraqi air base fits profile of Iran-backed militia, U.S. officials say  * Saudi-led coalition destroyed a drone launched towards Khamis Mushait -state TV * Israel accuses Iran of link to oil spill off its shores * U.S officials have met Yemen's Houthis as Washington seeks end to war -sources  * An ancient monastery in Iraq is a symbol of Christian survival  * Rising Turkish inflation puts rate hike option back in focus * Lebanese president asks central bank to investigate currency tumble  EGYPT* Egypt's TMG Holding FY Consol Profit Falls  * Medical Packaging FY Profit Falls  * Egyptian Exchange Says Mahmoud Shafiq Reduces Stake In Lift Slab Misr To 7.4% * Telecom Egypt Plans Launching HARP, A New Subsea System Circling African Continent * North Upper Egypt Development And Agricultural Production Posts FY Consol LossSAUDI ARABIA* APICORP sells $250 million in reopened bond deal * U.N. rights experts urge Saudi Arabia to release three young Shi'ites * Southern Province Cement Board Proposes 2.5 Riyals/Share H2 Dividend * Arriyadh Development Board Accepts Resignation Of Ali bin