Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the U.S. said that they are pleased with the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) taking control of two northern Syrian villages, Dabiq and Soran from Daesh.

According to FSA commanders, the villages of Dabiq and Soran were cleared Sunday as part of Operation Euphrates Shield.

Dabiq is crucial for Daesh as its symphatizers believe that the town is sacred and a doomsday war will one day be fought there with "infidels." According to the FSA, Daesh terrorists will be "devastated" once the town is captured.

According to the official Saudi news agency SPA, an official from the Foreign Ministry declared the capture of the symbolic town as a "significant vitory" against Daesh, and it was an important step on the path to eliminating terror.

Qatar's foreign ministry said in a statement late Sunday that the liberation of two villages was "significant" for seizing other Daesh-held cities. The country also said it supported all the measures the Turkish government took for its border security.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter also welcomed the liberation of Dabiq and thanked Turkey for the "close coordination during this operation" and the international coalition for its aid.

"Its [Dabiq's] liberation gives the campaign to deliver Daesh a lasting defeat new momentum in Syria," Carter said in a statement.

Turkey launched Operation Euphrates Shield in cooperation with the FSA on Aug. 24 to clear its southern border of Daesh terrorists and liberate northern Syrian towns from the terrorist group, while preventing the PKK's Syrian franchise the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed wing the People's Protection Units (YPG) to replace Daesh in these areas. In less than a day, the FSA, backed by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), liberated Jarablus and continued marching.