To reassure Mu'in ad-Din, Nur ad-Din curtailed his stay in Damascus and turned instead towards the Principality of Antioch, where he was able to seize Artah, Kafar Latha, Basarfut, and Balat.
Po očetovem uboju sta si Nur ad-Din in starejši brat Saif ad-Din Gazi I. razdelila očetovo kraljestvo: Nur ad-Din je dobil Alep, Saif ad-Din pa Mosul.