<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupera kwa 1144, Joscelin II akabatana neOrtoqids uye akabuda muEdessa neuto rake rose kuti atsigire uto reOrtoqid kurwisa Aleppo. Zengi, akanga atotsvaka kushandisa rufu rwaFulk muna 1143, akakurumidza kuenda kuchamhembe ku  <response>: akakomba Edessa, iyo yakawira kwaari pashure pemwedzi musi wa 24 December 1144. Manasses weHierges, Philip weMilly nevamwe vakatumwa vachibva kuJerusarema kuti vabatsire, asi vakasvika nguva ichiripo. Joscelin II akapfuurira kutonga zvakasara zvenharaunda kubva kuTurbessel, asi zvishoma nezvishoma nzvimbo yose yakatorwa nemaMuslim kana kutengeswa kuvaByzantine. Zengi pachake akarumbidzwa muIslam yose somudziviriri wokutenda uye al-Malik al-Mansur, mambo anokunda. Haana kurwisa nharaunda yakanga yasara yeEdessa, kana kuti Humambo hweAntiokia, sezvakanga zvave zvichityirwa. Zviitiko muMosul zvakamumanikidza kudzokera kumusha, uye akaisazve ziso rake paDhamasiko. Zvisinei, akaurayiwa nomuranda muna 1146 uye akatsiviwa muAleppo nomwanakomana wake Nur ad-Din. 