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A man has survived being crucified after a Jihadist group nailed him and eight other men to a cross in the main square of his village in Syria.

Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) raided the village of Al-Bab, near the border with Turkey, and attempted to crucify the man as punishment for rebelling against President Bashar al-Assad and jihadist groups, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The unnamed man managed to survive the eight-hour ordeal but eight other men from Deir Hafer in the east of Aleppo province, who were given the same punishment, died.

The crucifixions took place in the village square 'where there bodies will remain for three days', reported the Telegraph.

In January, Syrian rebels launched a major anti-ISIS offensive, after the militant group continued to carry out acts of brutality.

The rebels managed to push ISIS fighters out of large parts of the Aleppo province.

However, they remain firmly rooted in Raga, which is home to their north Syrian headquarters.