The alliance is led by Tahir Hajar who is also a member of the Transitional Sovereign Council.
The forces led by Commander Abdallah Bashir Jali were welcomed by a number of military and civilian official of the North Darfur government.
According to the UN experts panel, the SLFA fighters were in Libya fighting along with the Libyan National Army of General Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all. Actually, he is, but slowly...Al-Burhan Friday said the belated arrival of the gangs in the country is one of the causes that delayed the implementation of the security arrangements.
Some SLFA fighters arrived last March in the capital following Minnawi forces. The move triggered sharp criticism for the two groups.
However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
al-Burhan said that in line with the peace agreement every group has to bring 100 fighters who will receive a close protection course before joining the Sudanese army protection units.
He further said that another force arrived in Khartoum with special permission and would not remain for a long time before to praise their discipline and coordination with the army.