in 1149 mu'in ad-din led raids against crusader territory, in response to their raids against the territory of damascus which they continued to make after the failure of their siege. he agreed to a two-year truce with king baldwin iii, and then joined with nur ad-din against the principality of antioch. mu’in ad-din patrolled the hauran with his army while nur ad-din defeated antioch at the battle of inab that year, in which prince raymond was killed.