 Since Unur was clearly the weaker of the two Muslim rulers, it was believed that it was inevitable that Nur ad-Din would take Damascus sometime in the near future, and thus it seemed better for the Crusaders to hold that city rather than the Zangids.In July their armies assembled at Tiberias and marched to Damascus, around the Sea of Galilee by way of Banyas.There were perhaps 50,000 troops in total.