It is located northwest of the city of Marib and southeast of Saada.

[2][3] In the late 1980s a highway was built through Al Hazm, leading to Baraqish and Ma'in to the south to Marib.

[4] Yemen was reported by OPEC to have received a $5m loan for the road project on May 11, 1987.

[6] On March 1, 2020, the city was captured by the Houthis during the al-Jawf offensive.

In August 2022, heavy rains caused flooding that destroyed six homes and damaged 20.