As it was notedd in a report by Human Rights Watch, Alawite women and children had been kidnapped during the rebel-offensive in Latakia province last August. Last week some of the abductees appeared in a video aired by Al Jazeera, in which unnamed Islamist forces declared their readiness for a prisoner exchange:

Al Jazeera: Syrian rebels claim Alawites' kidnapping

Joshua Hersh wrote an impressing article for the Huffington Post reviewing the massacre of the Alawite population in Latakia province:

'He Knew That Death Was Coming': Survivors Mourn After A Massacre By Syrian Rebels 
by Joshua Hersch, Huffington Post