Niketas of Mistheia, after taking and refortifying al-Maniqa, moved on to Bikisra'il, offering his prisoners from al-Maniqa in return for its surrender. The terms were rejected. As it was mid-winter, he left, vowing to return. On the way to Antioch he burned Jaririn, which was used by the people of Apamea to attack Roman territory. He asked his new ally, Nasr ibn Salih of Aleppo, to take over the place, which he did