Not in their defense but a lot of the stories about ISIS in the Arab and Western media are in fact fabricated. ISIS put out a list of more than 100 lies about ISIS being circulated. But notice that when it comes to killing Shi`ites and `Alawites, ISIS is not defensive at all. Many of the disinformation about ISIS are being spread by the intelligence service of a Kingdom that shares the same ideology with ISIS (Saudi Arabia, of course).