Abaqa, despite his earlier promises of assistance, was in the process of facing another threat, an invasion in Khorasan by Mongols from Turkestan, and so could only commit a small force for the Holy Land, which did little but brandish the threat of an invasion along the Syrian frontier in October 1269.
Abaqa, terlepas dari janji bantuan sebelumnya, sedang dalam proses menghadapi ancaman lain, sebuah invasi di Khorasan oleh pasukan Mongol dari Turkestan, dan dengan demikian hanya bisa mengirimkan pasukan kecil ke Tanah Suci, yang meskipun kecil tetapi mengobarkan ancaman invasi di sepanjang perbatasan Suriah pada Oktober 1269.