MIDEAST - Factors to watch - July 6

Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Monday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL

* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares slip as earnings loom, oil weighed by supply MKTS/GLOB

* Oil drifts down after OPEC+ agrees to raise output targets O/R

* PRECIOUS-Gold holds near two-week high on easing Fed rate-hike bets GOL/

* MIDEAST STOCKS-Most Gulf markets slip on caution over US-Iran talks .MIDEAST

* Three sons of Iran's slain leader Khamenei appear at funeral, not his successor nL1N437023

* OPEC+ approves further oil output increase as Hormuz exports start to recover nL6N43701O


IRAN

* Iran exploring oil sales to Japan, buyers seek longer sanctions waiver, sources say nL1N43701S

* Iran and Qatar resume maritime trade, Iranian state media reports nL1N43702B

IRAQ

* Iraq's June oil exports total around 24.5 million barrels nS8N42W01B

* Iraq's Basra Oil Company signs five-year management contract with Halliburton for two oilfields nL8N437040

* Iraq approves preliminary agreements to study strategic oil export pipeline projects nS8N42Q0AS

QATAR

* Qatar says all maritime activities will resume immediately nL1N43701D

SAUDI ARABIA

* Saudi non-oil sector growth accelerates in June as new orders hit four-month high, PMI shows nZUN00EX1C

TURKEY

* More than 100 detained as leftist groups hold anti-NATO protests in Turkey nL6N43707M


ISRAEL

* Israel government says it will defy Supreme Court ruling on media regulator nL1N43703V