Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ƙarshen 1144, Joscelin II ya haɗu da Ortoqids kuma ya fita daga Edessa tare da kusan dukkanin sojojinsa don tallafawa sojojin Ortoqid akan Aleppo. Zengi, tuni yana neman cin gajiyar mutuwar Fulk a 1143, ya hanzarta arewa zuwa
kewaye Edessa, wanda ya fadi a gare shi bayan wata daya a ranar 24 ga Disamba, 1144. An aika Manasses na Hierges, Philip na Milly da sauransu daga Urushalima don taimakawa, amma sun isa da wuri. Joscelin II ya ci gaba da mulkin ragowar gundumar daga Turbessel, amma sannu a hankali sauran yankin musulmai suka kama ko kuma aka sayar wa Byzantines. An yaba wa Zengi da kansa a cikin Islama a matsayin "mai kare imanin" da "al-Malik al-Mansur", "sarki mai nasara". Bai bi wani hari a kan ragowar yankin Edessa, ko Principality na Antakiya, kamar yadda aka ji tsoro. Abubuwan da suka faru a Mosul sun tilasta masa komawa gida, kuma ya sake sa ido kan Dimashƙu. Koyaya, wani bawa ya kashe shi a 1146 kuma dansa Nur ad-Din ya gaje shi a Aleppo.