 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna 1149, maFatimid caliphs ose akanga ari vana, uye vatungamiriri vemauto vakanga vachikwikwidzana nokuda kwesimba. Ascalon, guta rokupedzisira revaFatimids raiva muPalestine, rakatadzisa vaFrank kupinda muIjipiti, asi Baldwin akatora guta rachomuna 1153. VaDhamasiko vaitya kuwedzera kwevaFrank, uye Nur ad-Din akatora guta racho nyore nyore gore rakatevera. Akaramba achibhadhara mutero wakanga wapiwa madzimambo eJerusarema nevatongi vekare vokuDhamasiko. Baldwin akatorerawo vaEgipita mutero. Raynald akanga asina mari. Akatambudza Patriarch weLatin weAntiokia, Aimery weLimoges, kuti atore pfuma yake uye akarwisa maByzantine maArmenians eCilician. Apo Mambo Manuel I Komnenos akanonoka kubhadhara mari yaakanga avimbiswa, Raynald akapamba Kupro yeByzantium. Thierry, Count weFlanders, akaunza simba rehondo kubva kuMadokero nokuda kwehondo. Thierry, Baldwin, Raynald naRaymond III veTripoli vakarwisa Shaizar. Baldwin akapa guta racho kuna Thierry, uyo akaramba zvaidiwa naRaynald zvokuti ave muranda wake, uye kukombwa kwacho kwakasiyiwa. Pashure pokunge Nur ad-Din atora Shaizar muna 1157, vaNizari vakaramba vari simba rokupedzisira revaMuslim rakazvimirira muSiriya. Sezvo tarisiro dzorwendo rutsva rwomuchinjikwa kubva kuMadokero dzakanga dzisina kunaka, vaFrank veJerusarema vakatsvaka mubatanidzwa wokuroorana navaByzantine. Baldwin akaroora mwana womunununa waManuel, Theodora, uye akagamuchira chirikadzi yakawanda. Nokubvuma kwake, Manuel akamanikidza Raynald kugamuchira umambo hweByzantium. 