Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A halin yanzu, Joscelin II bai ba da hankali sosai ga tsaron gundumar sa ba, kuma ya yi jayayya da ƙididdigar Tripoli wanda daga baya ya ƙi taimaka masa. Zengi
sun kewaye birnin a 1144, suna kama shi a ranar 24 ga watan Disamba na wannan shekarar. Joscelin ya ci gaba da mulkinsa a yammacin Kogin Yufiretis, kuma ya kuma yi nasarar amfani da mutuwar Zengi a watan Satumba na 1146 don sake dawowa da kuma ɗan gajeren lokaci ya riƙe tsohon babban birninsa. An sake rasa birnin a watan Nuwamba, kuma Joscelin ya tsere. A cikin 1150 ɗan Zengi Nur ad-Din ya kama shi, kuma an tsare shi a kurkuku a Aleppo har sai ya mutu a 1159. Matarsa ta sayar da Turbessel da abin da ya rage na County ga Sarkin Byzantine Manuel I Comnenus, amma waɗannan ƙasashe sun ci nasara da Nur ad-Din da Sultan na Rum a cikin shekara guda. Edessa ita ce jihar Crusader ta farko da aka kirkira, kuma ita ce ta farko da aka rasa.