 The Lombard War was over, but the king was still absent, as Conrad never came to the east.Alice was prevented from exercising any real power as regent by Philip of Montfort, who took control of Tyre, and Balian of Beirut, who continued to hold Acre.The Ayyubids were still divided between Ayyub in Egypt, Isma'il in Damascus, and Dawud in Kerak.