 The joint British–Russian–French fleet destroyed Mehmed Ali's fleet that October at the Battle of Navarino, and Ibrahim’s forces were expelled from the Morea a year later following the arrival of a French expeditionary force and a settlement negotiated by the European powers.Once Ibrahim and his forces returned from Greece, preparations to wrest control of Syria began in earnest.The governor of Acre, Abdullah Pasha ibn Ali was harboring fugitives of the Egyptian draft, and was said to have refused a request to contribute towards Muhammad Ali's war effort.