In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Paul Salem, Robert S. Ford, Alex Vatanka, Bilal Y. Saab, and Eran Etzion provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the Iraqi military's new operation to take back the town of Hawija from ISIS, the operation by the Syrian regime and U.S.-backed forces in Deir Ezzor, the Pakistani foreign minister's visit to Iran, the resumption of U.S. and Egyptian war games after being suspended since the 2011, and the corruption scandal engulfing Israel PM Netanyahu.