 By May 1247 , as @-@ Salih Ayyub was master of Syria south of Lake Homs , having gained control over Banyas and Salkhad . With his fellow Ayyubid opponents subdued , except for Aleppo under an @-@ Nasir Yusuf , as @-@ Salih Ayyub undertook a limited offensive against the Crusaders , sending Fakhr ad @-@ Din to move against their territories in the Galilee . Tiberias fell on 16 June , followed by Mount Tabor and Kawkab al @-@ Hawa soon thereafter . Safad with its Templar fortress seemed out of reach , so the Ayyubids marched south to Ascalon . Facing stubborn resistance from the Crusader garrison , an Egyptian flotilla was sent by as @-@ Salih Ayyub to support the siege and on 24 October , Fakhr ad @-@ Din 's troops stormed through a breach in the walls and killed or captured the entire garrison . The city was razed and left deserted . 
