"We have had talks with the Government, political parties and civil society about the situation in Syria," Brahimi told journalists at the airport in Damascus.
"We will talk about the need for the current violence and about whether it is possible to stop for the occasion of Eid al-Adha," he said about the major Islamic holiday next week.
The four-day Eid al Adha, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, caps begins in the Islamic world on 26 October.
Brahimi by Syria was Deputy Foreign Minister, Faisal Muqdad, received at the airport from Damascus and was scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Saturday.
Brahimi will meet President Bashar al-Assad "very, very quickly," spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told AFP on Thursday.
The Envoy arrived in Syria after a regional tour to countries who play an influential role in the crisis — Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan.
The Envoy stressed on Thursday that a temporary ceasefire in Syria can form the basis for a real truce in the-torn country, where more than 34,000 people have been killed since March last year.
"If the truce is implemented, we can build and make it a real truce, as well as the beginning of a political process that would help the Syrians solve their problems and the reconstruction of their country," Brahimi said in Amman.
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