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Wrong. What is your basis for asserting this pronunciation? A non-local dialect of Arabic? All Arabian Peninsula pronunciation guides give the “th” in Houthi as very close to the “th” in the English word “booth”.

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-word-Houthi-pronounced-hoot-tee-and-not-hoo-thee/answer/David-Harris-166

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