Heartbreaking images and stories of Syrian refugees fleeing to Europe have been flooding the internet for months now. The outpouring of support has arguably impacted policies related to immigration in the U.S. and elsewhere. Now, these images and stories are doing something else incredible: They're making ISIS very uncomfortable.

According to a recent report from NPR, the terrorist organization advertises itself as a "safe haven" for those fleeing Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's military. So it's not happy that the whole world can see Syrians going to desperate measures to run away to the West.

"The idea that they are not heading to 'ISIS land' is a slap in the face," Alberto Fernandez, a counterterrorism expert, told NPR. The NPR report also notes that ISIS "believes it is a sin for Muslims to live in inclusive Western societies."

"[Refugees] are leaving because their relatives were killed by Assad," Fernandez continued. "That's the ISIS demographic, but the people brutalized by Assad are not turning to ISIS. You can't avoid heart-wrenching pictures of people going West."

ISIS is threatened enough by this rejection that it's upping its propaganda campaigns. The group recently put out a series of videos with titles like "Dear Refugees, Hear It From Us" and "Advice To The Refugees Going To The Countries Of Disbelief" in an effort to both regain the media spotlight and to "counter the idea that they are responsible for the crisis," according to Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, an analyst at the Middle East Forum who spoke with NPR.

Kids and teens are often featured in ISIS propaganda videos, and the terrorist organization has become notorious for successfully recruiting young people from around the world -- including the U.S.

In August, for example, 17-year-old Virginian Ali Amin was sentenced to 11 years and four months in federal prison for running a pro-ISIS Twitter account. In October of 2012 three high school students in Denver ditched class to fly to Syria and join ISIS. A young couple also recently made headlines when they pretended to be on their honeymoon so they could secretly travel to Syria to join the group.

According to a report from CNN, part of the reason for stories like these is ISIS's huge social media presence. "It's something we need to do a lot more work on," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told CNN. "We are seeing 90,000, I think, tweets a day that we're combating."

The CNN report also notes that the organization uses "high-level production techniques" to glamorize its brutality and make it look like "an action movie, with slow-motion explosions and flames engulfing American troops," and that it often promises potential recruits an adventurous, rent-free life of leisure -- leading some young recruits to return home disappointed once they encounter the harsh realities of life with ISIS.

Given the numbers of young people here and abroad who become hell-bent on joining ISIS, it's incredible to see that so many young Syrians aren't buying the ISIS message -- even while it's heartbreaking to see the struggles they have to endure in order to flee the conflict.

"If you look at the people who have left Syria in the past few years, it's the best people," Fernandez told NPR. "...It is an emptying of the best elements, the people who are the dreamers."