Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, is in Iraq on a surprise visit to review the ongoing fight against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil).

Mr Kushner, accompanying Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is expected to meet with US, coalition and Iraqi officials in Baghdad later today.

A senior administration official said that Mr Kushner wanted to see the situation in Iraq for himself and show support for the Iraqi government.

Mr. Kushner is “traveling on behalf of the president to express the president’s support and commitment to the government of Iraq and US personnel currently engaged in the campaign” against the Isil, Navy Captain Greg Hicks said on Monday.