Nur ad-Din did not want to spare his own army for a defense of Egypt, but his Kurdish general Shirkuh convinced him to invade in 1164.
Kasneje leta 1160 je Nur ad-Din ujel antioškega kneza Raynalda Châtillonskega, ki se je vračal s pohoda v Anti-Taurus in ga imel v ječi celih šestnajst let.